Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran xviii
... dinner and tea , or to the seat of a country squire , or ducal castle , or village tavern , or the grim but hospitable feudal life of the Hebrides . And wherever we go with John- son there is the lively traffic in ideas , lending ...
... dinner and tea , or to the seat of a country squire , or ducal castle , or village tavern , or the grim but hospitable feudal life of the Hebrides . And wherever we go with John- son there is the lively traffic in ideas , lending ...
Stran 68
... dinner , he sent for me to his room . I expected a sharp rebuke for my idleness , and went with a beating heart . When we were seated , he told me he had sent for me to drink a glass of wine with him , and to tell me , he was not angry ...
... dinner , he sent for me to his room . I expected a sharp rebuke for my idleness , and went with a beating heart . When we were seated , he told me he had sent for me to drink a glass of wine with him , and to tell me , he was not angry ...
Stran 69
... dinner , I was saying that Mr. Swinton the chaplain of the gaol , and also a frequent preacher before the University , a learned man , but often thoughtless and absent , preached the condemnation - sermon on repentance , before the ...
... dinner , I was saying that Mr. Swinton the chaplain of the gaol , and also a frequent preacher before the University , a learned man , but often thoughtless and absent , preached the condemnation - sermon on repentance , before the ...
Stran 80
... dinner , Mr. Johnson proposed to Mr. Burney to go up with him into his garret , which being accepted , he there found about five or six Greek folios , a deal writing - desk , and a chair and a half . Johnson giving to his guest the ...
... dinner , Mr. Johnson proposed to Mr. Burney to go up with him into his garret , which being accepted , he there found about five or six Greek folios , a deal writing - desk , and a chair and a half . Johnson giving to his guest the ...
Stran 128
... dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hunger ; and not only was he remarkable for the extraordinary quantity which he eat , but he was , or affected to be , a man of very nice dis- cernment in ...
... dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hunger ; and not only was he remarkable for the extraordinary quantity which he eat , but he was , or affected to be , a man of very nice dis- cernment in ...
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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