Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... tion is with difficulty kept up by a perpetual effort ? Johnson once observed to me , ' Tom Tyers described me the best : " Sir ( said he ) , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . " ' The gentleman whom he thus ...
... tion is with difficulty kept up by a perpetual effort ? Johnson once observed to me , ' Tom Tyers described me the best : " Sir ( said he ) , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . " ' The gentleman whom he thus ...
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... tion , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BOSWELL : ' I was this morning in Ridley's shop , sir ; and was told that the collection called Johnsoniana has sold very much ...
... tion , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BOSWELL : ' I was this morning in Ridley's shop , sir ; and was told that the collection called Johnsoniana has sold very much ...
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... tion . I am now sixty - eight , and I have no more of it than at twenty - eight . ' BOSWELL : ' But , sir , would not you wish to know old age ? He who is never an old man , does not know the whole of human life ; for old age is one of ...
... tion . I am now sixty - eight , and I have no more of it than at twenty - eight . ' BOSWELL : ' But , sir , would not you wish to know old age ? He who is never an old man , does not know the whole of human life ; for old age is one of ...
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... tion that he would be pleased with this intelligence , would praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shown an over - exultation , which provoked his spleen ; or whether he ...
... tion that he would be pleased with this intelligence , would praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shown an over - exultation , which provoked his spleen ; or whether he ...
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... tion upon them . This observation was made by my honoured relation to the late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the ...
... tion upon them . This observation was made by my honoured relation to the late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the ...
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acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared asked AUGUSTE VESTRIS Beauclerk believe Bishop Bolt Court Burke called character conversation dear sir death dined drink Edwards elegant eminent entertained excellent expressed favour Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give happy hear heard honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL kind lady Langton learning letter Levett Lichfield literary lived London Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Camden Lord Marchmont Lordship LUCY PORTER madam manner Marchmont ment mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps pleased pleasure poetry Poets Pope praise pretty woman published received recollect remark respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Various Readings verse WARREN HASTINGS Whig Wilkes wine wish words write written wrote young