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 |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 22
Stran 27
... wine any day ' ( p . 235 ) . ' For near one - half of the time from thirty to sixty I scarce drank any strong liquor at all . It will be found that upon the whole I drank very little above a pint of wine , or at most not a quart one day ...
... wine any day ' ( p . 235 ) . ' For near one - half of the time from thirty to sixty I scarce drank any strong liquor at all . It will be found that upon the whole I drank very little above a pint of wine , or at most not a quart one day ...
Stran 40
... wine ; but he would not much care if it should sour . ' He said , he wished to see John Dennis's Critical Works , collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise 2 . Davies said of a well - known ...
... wine ; but he would not much care if it should sour . ' He said , he wished to see John Dennis's Critical Works , collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise 2 . Davies said of a well - known ...
Stran 41
... wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . ' Sir Joshua said the Doctor was talking of the effects of excess in wine ...
... wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . ' Sir Joshua said the Doctor was talking of the effects of excess in wine ...
Stran 42
... wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? ' ' Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that : that is too much for me . ' I observed , that wine did some people harm , by inflaming ...
... wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? ' ' Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that : that is too much for me . ' I observed , that wine did some people harm , by inflaming ...
Stran 52
... wine is , enables us to judge of its value , and to drink it with more relish but to have the produce of each vine of one vineyard , in the same year , kept separate , would serve no purpose . To know that our wine , ( to use an ...
... wine is , enables us to judge of its value , and to drink it with more relish but to have the produce of each vine of one vineyard , in the same year , kept separate , would serve no purpose . To know that our wine , ( to use an ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Together with Boswell's Journal of a ..., Količina 3 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1934 |
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
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