Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 100
Stran 7
... John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . John- son used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remem- ber ...
... John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . John- son used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remem- ber ...
Stran 26
... John- son , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his fortune in London , but was apprehensive of the expence , ' that thirty pounds a year was enough to enable a man to live there without being contemptible . He allowed ten ...
... John- son , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his fortune in London , but was apprehensive of the expence , ' that thirty pounds a year was enough to enable a man to live there without being contemptible . He allowed ten ...
Stran 28
... John's Gate , the place where that deservedly popular miscellany was originally printed , he ' beheld it with reverence . ' It appears that he was now enlisted by Mr. Cave as a regular coadjutor in his magazine , by which he probably ...
... John's Gate , the place where that deservedly popular miscellany was originally printed , he ' beheld it with reverence . ' It appears that he was now enlisted by Mr. Cave as a regular coadjutor in his magazine , by which he probably ...
Stran 36
... John- son ; for his character was marked by profligacy , insolence , and ingratitude : yet , as he undoubtedly had a warm and vigorous , though unregulated mind , had seen life in all its varieties , and been much in the company of the ...
... John- son ; for his character was marked by profligacy , insolence , and ingratitude : yet , as he undoubtedly had a warm and vigorous , though unregulated mind , had seen life in all its varieties , and been much in the company of the ...
Stran 46
... John- son at last denied himself this amusement , from considera- tions of rigid virtue ; saying , ' I'll come no more behind your scenes , David ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities ...
... John- son at last denied himself this amusement , from considera- tions of rigid virtue ; saying , ' I'll come no more behind your scenes , David ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
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