Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... heard him following her . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; But there has been another story of his infant precocity generally circulated , and generally believed , the truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told ...
... heard him following her . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; But there has been another story of his infant precocity generally circulated , and generally believed , the truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attri- bute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
... heard him attri- bute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
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... strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowl- edge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in 1728] ...
... strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowl- edge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in 1728] ...
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... mentioned . But I have heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , 1729] HIS RAPID READING AND COMPOSITION 17 ...
... mentioned . But I have heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , 1729] HIS RAPID READING AND COMPOSITION 17 ...
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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