Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran xiii
... respects he was of great stature . His contempora- ries called him a colossus , the literary Goliath , the Giant , the great Cham of literature , a tremendous companion . His frame was majestic ; he strode when he walked , and his ...
... respects he was of great stature . His contempora- ries called him a colossus , the literary Goliath , the Giant , the great Cham of literature , a tremendous companion . His frame was majestic ; he strode when he walked , and his ...
Stran xiv
... respect . ' At sixty - eight he said : ' I value myself upon this , that there is nothing of the old man in my conversation . ' Upon women of all classes and ages he exerts without trying a charm the consciousness of which would have ...
... respect . ' At sixty - eight he said : ' I value myself upon this , that there is nothing of the old man in my conversation . ' Upon women of all classes and ages he exerts without trying a charm the consciousness of which would have ...
Stran 7
... respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and dis- tinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
... respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and dis- tinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
Stran 13
... respect for Jorden , not for his litera- ture , but for his worth . ' Whenever ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' Having given a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to ...
... respect for Jorden , not for his litera- ture , but for his worth . ' Whenever ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' Having given a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to ...
Stran 17
... respect for it than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that upon the second floor , over the gateway . The enthusiasts of learning will ever contemplate it with veneration . One day , while he was sitting in it quite alone ...
... respect for it than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that upon the second floor , over the gateway . The enthusiasts of learning will ever contemplate it with veneration . One day , while he was sitting in it quite alone ...
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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