Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran 15
... tion to religion , or an indifference about it , in my ninth year . The church at Lichfield , in which we had a seat , wanted reparation , so I was to go and find a seat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about ...
... tion to religion , or an indifference about it , in my ninth year . The church at Lichfield , in which we had a seat , wanted reparation , so I was to go and find a seat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about ...
Stran 21
... tion to his studies . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , as his guest , at the house of Mr. Warren , with whom Mr. Hector lodged and boarded . Mr. Warren was the ...
... tion to his studies . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , as his guest , at the house of Mr. Warren , with whom Mr. Hector lodged and boarded . Mr. Warren was the ...
Stran 31
... tion ' was not ' cheated . ' Sir Robert Walpole was a wise and a benevolent minister , who thought that the happiness and prosperity of a commercial country like ours , would be best promoted by peace , which he accordingly maintained ...
... tion ' was not ' cheated . ' Sir Robert Walpole was a wise and a benevolent minister , who thought that the happiness and prosperity of a commercial country like ours , would be best promoted by peace , which he accordingly maintained ...
Stran 33
... tion which Sydenham gives of that disease . ' This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It manifests itself by halting or unsteadiness of one of the legs , which the patient draws after him like an ideot . If the hand of the same side be ...
... tion which Sydenham gives of that disease . ' This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It manifests itself by halting or unsteadiness of one of the legs , which the patient draws after him like an ideot . If the hand of the same side be ...
Stran 41
... tion . Let me see ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred . As three to sixteen hundred , so is the proportion of an English- man to a Frenchman . ' With so much ease and pleasantry could he talk of that prodigious labour which he had ...
... tion . Let me see ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred . As three to sixteen hundred , so is the proportion of an English- man to a Frenchman . ' With so much ease and pleasantry could he talk of that prodigious labour which he had ...
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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