Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Zadetki 1–5 od 27
Stran 16
... shew some sort of evidence , though he would not require a strict legal proof : but Johnson firmly and resolutely opposed any restraint whatever , as adverse to a free investigation of the characters of mankind ' . Aetat . 67. ] The ...
... shew some sort of evidence , though he would not require a strict legal proof : but Johnson firmly and resolutely opposed any restraint whatever , as adverse to a free investigation of the characters of mankind ' . Aetat . 67. ] The ...
Stran 24
... shew me , that he has good reasons for it . ' I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : ' I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning some- thing . ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon ...
... shew me , that he has good reasons for it . ' I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : ' I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning some- thing . ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon ...
Stran 25
... shew this year , and some of the following years , more peace of mind than hitherto . Thus this Easter he re- cords , I had at church some radia- tions of comfort , ... When I received , some tender images struck me . I was so mollified ...
... shew this year , and some of the following years , more peace of mind than hitherto . Thus this Easter he re- cords , I had at church some radia- tions of comfort , ... When I received , some tender images struck me . I was so mollified ...
Stran 67
... shew Mrs. Williams such a degree of humane attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be obstinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was ...
... shew Mrs. Williams such a degree of humane attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be obstinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was ...
Stran 78
... shew a fine print of a beautiful female figure which hung in the room , and pointed out the elegant contour of the bosom with the finger of an arch con- noisseur . He afterwards , in a conversation with me , waggishly insisted , that ...
... shew a fine print of a beautiful female figure which hung in the room , and pointed out the elegant contour of the bosom with the finger of an arch con- noisseur . He afterwards , in a conversation with me , waggishly insisted , that ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Together with Boswell's Journal of a ..., Količina 3 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1934 |
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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write