Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran xviii
... tell the good from the bad , the genuine from the counterfeit , and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit . This is the supreme end of the talk of Socrates , and it is INTRODUCTION xix the supreme end of the ...
... tell the good from the bad , the genuine from the counterfeit , and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit . This is the supreme end of the talk of Socrates , and it is INTRODUCTION xix the supreme end of the ...
Stran 9
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro- duces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on ...
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro- duces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on ...
Stran 28
... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : ' In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and ...
... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : ' In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and ...
Stran 49
... tell you that I read them with tears ; but tears are neither to you nor to me of any further use , when once the tribute of nature has been paid . The business of life summons us away from useless grief , and calls us to the exercise of ...
... tell you that I read them with tears ; but tears are neither to you nor to me of any further use , when once the tribute of nature has been paid . The business of life summons us away from useless grief , and calls us to the exercise of ...
Stran 65
... tell him , that he honoured him for his manly behaviour in rejecting these condescensions of Lord Chesterfield , and for resenting the treatment he had received from him , with a proper spirit . Johnson was visibly pleased with this ...
... tell him , that he honoured him for his manly behaviour in rejecting these condescensions of Lord Chesterfield , and for resenting the treatment he had received from him , with a proper spirit . Johnson was visibly pleased with this ...
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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