Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran 39
... hear you repeat the ninth Commandment , " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . ' Both tried at it , said Dr. Taylor , and both mistook the emphasis , which should be upon not and false witness . Johnson put them ...
... hear you repeat the ninth Commandment , " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . ' Both tried at it , said Dr. Taylor , and both mistook the emphasis , which should be upon not and false witness . Johnson put them ...
Stran 68
... hear him construe . " ' As we were leaving the College , he said , “ Here I trans- lated Pope's Messiah . Which do you think is the best line in it ? -My own favourite is , ' Vallis aromaticas fundit Saronica nubes . " I told him , I ...
... hear him construe . " ' As we were leaving the College , he said , “ Here I trans- lated Pope's Messiah . Which do you think is the best line in it ? -My own favourite is , ' Vallis aromaticas fundit Saronica nubes . " I told him , I ...
Stran 87
... hear of me than of those whom I have mentioned ; but of myself I have very little which I care to tell . Last winter I went down to my native town , where I found the streets much narrower and shorter than I thought I had left them ...
... hear of me than of those whom I have mentioned ; but of myself I have very little which I care to tell . Last winter I went down to my native town , where I found the streets much narrower and shorter than I thought I had left them ...
Stran 90
... hear him ; and we shall see afterwards that Johnson honoured his memory by draw- ing his character . While Johnson was at Plymouth , he saw a great many of its inhabitants , and was not sparing of his very entertaining conversation . It ...
... hear him ; and we shall see afterwards that Johnson honoured his memory by draw- ing his character . While Johnson was at Plymouth , he saw a great many of its inhabitants , and was not sparing of his very entertaining conversation . It ...
Stran 91
... hear an explanation ( of what , to be sure , seemed strange to a com- mon reader , ) drawn from some deep - learned source with which she was unacquainted . Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom I was obliged for my in- formation concerning ...
... hear an explanation ( of what , to be sure , seemed strange to a com- mon reader , ) drawn from some deep - learned source with which she was unacquainted . Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom I was obliged for my in- formation concerning ...
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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