Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
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... luctance to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- fered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's.
... luctance to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- fered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's.
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... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
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... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
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... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
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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