Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 66
Stran ix
... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly . ' He agonized over his work with the true devotion of an artist : ' You cannot imagine , ' he says , ' what labor , what perplexity , what vexation I have endured in ...
... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly . ' He agonized over his work with the true devotion of an artist : ' You cannot imagine , ' he says , ' what labor , what perplexity , what vexation I have endured in ...
Stran xiv
... obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no patience with folly or absurdity . " But it is in Johnson's capacity for friendship that his greatness is specially revealed . ' Keep ...
... obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no patience with folly or absurdity . " But it is in Johnson's capacity for friendship that his greatness is specially revealed . ' Keep ...
Stran 5
... obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel before he ventured to step over it . His school - mistress , afraid that he might miss his way , or fall into the kennel , or be run over by a cart , followed him ...
... obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel before he ventured to step over it . His school - mistress , afraid that he might miss his way , or fall into the kennel , or be run over by a cart , followed him ...
Stran 10
... oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his companion . ' Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with ...
... oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his companion . ' Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with ...
Stran 25
... obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friendship , as by your many excellent and valuable qualifications ; and ...
... obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friendship , as by your many excellent and valuable qualifications ; and ...
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