Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran xiv
... Goldsmith , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Edmund Burke . Johnson's genius left no fit testimony of itself from his own hand . With all the greatness of his mind he INTRODUCTION XV had no talent in sufficient measure by which xiv INTRODUCTION.
... Goldsmith , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Edmund Burke . Johnson's genius left no fit testimony of itself from his own hand . With all the greatness of his mind he INTRODUCTION XV had no talent in sufficient measure by which xiv INTRODUCTION.
Stran xv
... Goldsmith were lost upon him . But his genius found its talents in others , and through the talents of his personal friends ex- pressed itself as it were by proxy . They rubbed their minds upon his , and he set in motion for them ideas ...
... Goldsmith were lost upon him . But his genius found its talents in others , and through the talents of his personal friends ex- pressed itself as it were by proxy . They rubbed their minds upon his , and he set in motion for them ideas ...
Stran 104
... Goldsmith is one of the first men we now have as an authour , and he is a very worthy man too . He has been loose in his principles , but he is coming right . ' I complained to him that I had not yet acquired much knowledge , and asked ...
... Goldsmith is one of the first men we now have as an authour , and he is a very worthy man too . He has been loose in his principles , but he is coming right . ' I complained to him that I had not yet acquired much knowledge , and asked ...
Stran 105
... Goldsmith was the authour of An Enquiry into the present State of polite Learning in Europe , and of The Citizen of the World , a series of letters supposed to be written from London by a Chinese . No man had the art of displaying with ...
... Goldsmith was the authour of An Enquiry into the present State of polite Learning in Europe , and of The Citizen of the World , a series of letters supposed to be written from London by a Chinese . No man had the art of displaying with ...
Stran 106
... Goldsmith's situation and Johnson's friendly interference , when this novel was sold . I shall give it authentically from Johnson's own exact narration : - ' I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great ...
... Goldsmith's situation and Johnson's friendly interference , when this novel was sold . I shall give it authentically from Johnson's own exact narration : - ' I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great ...
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acquaintance admiration Æneid ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never night obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth Whig Wilkes wine wish wonder write written wrote young