Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 33
Stran 14
... occasion , said to me , ' Sir , a man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything . ' ' Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is ...
... occasion , said to me , ' Sir , a man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything . ' ' Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is ...
Stran 27
... occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words in order to avoid them . No- thing is more common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this he used not only to ...
... occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words in order to avoid them . No- thing is more common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this he used not only to ...
Stran 36
... occasion to employ . ' Don't be afraid , sir ( said Johnson , with a pleasant smile ) , you will soon make a very pretty rascal . ' 1 [ The Turkish Spy was pretended to have been written originally in Arabic ; from Arabic translated ...
... occasion to employ . ' Don't be afraid , sir ( said Johnson , with a pleasant smile ) , you will soon make a very pretty rascal . ' 1 [ The Turkish Spy was pretended to have been written originally in Arabic ; from Arabic translated ...
Stran 43
... occasion to speak to an extensive audience , and must speak loud to be heard . ' WALKER : The art is to read strong , though low . ' Talking of the origin of language ; -JOHNSON : ' It must have come by inspiration . A thousand , nay ...
... occasion to speak to an extensive audience , and must speak loud to be heard . ' WALKER : The art is to read strong , though low . ' Talking of the origin of language ; -JOHNSON : ' It must have come by inspiration . A thousand , nay ...
Stran 54
... occasion to introduce him into his Dictionary , under the article Alias.1 This piece was , I suppose , one of Mallet's first essays . It is preserved in his works , with several variations . John- son having read aloud , from the ...
... occasion to introduce him into his Dictionary , under the article Alias.1 This piece was , I suppose , one of Mallet's first essays . It is preserved in his works , with several variations . John- son having read aloud , from the ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
acquaintance admiration appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe Bennet Langton Bishop BOSWELL Boswell's Brocklesby Burke Burney character Club consider conversation Crown 8vo dear sir death dined dropsy edition English entertaining expressed Fanny Burney favour FIONA MACLEOD Francis Barber gentleman George give happy History honour Hoole hope humble servant instance JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton Latin learned Lichfield literary live London Lord Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps physicians pleased pleasure poem pounds praise prayers recollect remarkable respect Reverend Samuel Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed sick Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds story suppose sure talk tell thought Thrale tion told translation verses William WILLIAM GERARD HAMILTON Windham wish wonderful write written wrote