Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran xvii
... answer . Such is its importance over other literature . For such reasons , doubtless , Johnson ' loved ' it most . For such reasons the book which has been most cherished and revered for well- nigh two thousand years is a biography ...
... answer . Such is its importance over other literature . For such reasons , doubtless , Johnson ' loved ' it most . For such reasons the book which has been most cherished and revered for well- nigh two thousand years is a biography ...
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... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with be- holding him ...
... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with be- holding him ...
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... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now ...
... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now ...
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... answered I had been sliding in Christ - Church meadow . And this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . BOSWELL : ' That , Sir , was great fortitude of ...
... answered I had been sliding in Christ - Church meadow . And this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . BOSWELL : ' That , Sir , was great fortitude of ...
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... answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . ' Trying him by that criterion upon which ...
... answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . ' Trying him by that criterion upon which ...
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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