Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... received his per- sonal attention . Said one : ' But I don't understand you , Sir . ' ' Sir , I have found you an argument . I am not obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no ...
... received his per- sonal attention . Said one : ' But I don't understand you , Sir . ' ' Sir , I have found you an argument . I am not obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no ...
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... received any assistance whatever from that gentleman . He , however , went to Oxford , and was entered a Com- moner of Pembroke College on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who ...
... received any assistance whatever from that gentleman . He , however , went to Oxford , and was entered a Com- moner of Pembroke College on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who ...
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... received my notions with contempt . He was a whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him and he endured me . ' At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful ...
... received my notions with contempt . He was a whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him and he endured me . ' At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful ...
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... received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who went by the name of ...
... received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who went by the name of ...
Stran 40
... received by the publick ; that Johnson seemed at first to catch at the proposition , but , after a pause , said , in his abrupt decisive manner , ' I believe I shall not undertake it . ' That he , however , had bestowed much thought ...
... received by the publick ; that Johnson seemed at first to catch at the proposition , but , after a pause , said , in his abrupt decisive manner , ' I believe I shall not undertake it . ' That he , however , had bestowed much thought ...
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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