Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Dodge Publishing Company, 1896 - 6 strani |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–3 od 14
Stran 8
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a living ...
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a living ...
Stran 89
... expect ) some other way more to his satisfaction . ' I have only to add that , as I am sensible I have transcribed it very coarsely , which , after having altered it , I was obliged to do , I will , if you please to transmit the sheets ...
... expect ) some other way more to his satisfaction . ' I have only to add that , as I am sensible I have transcribed it very coarsely , which , after having altered it , I was obliged to do , I will , if you please to transmit the sheets ...
Stran 102
... expect , you can easily stimulate a negligent translator . ' If any or all of these have contributed to your discontent , I will endeavour to remove it , and desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . — I am ...
... expect , you can easily stimulate a negligent translator . ' If any or all of these have contributed to your discontent , I will endeavour to remove it , and desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . — I am ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
acquainted Adams admiration afterwards appears Beauclerk believe bookseller Boswell Boswell's Cave character College conversation copy David Garrick dear sir DEAR SIR,-I death delighted Dictionary Dodsley edition Edward Cave elegant eminent English essays excellent favour Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine happy Hector honour hope humble servant imagination imitation informed Joseph Warton kind labour Lady Macclesfield Langton language late Latin learned Lichfield literary literature lived London Lord Chesterfield Lordship Lucy Porter Macclesfield manner master mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper particular passage Pembroke College person pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise Preface probably published Rambler received remarkable Reverend Richard Savage Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson satire Savage Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds style suppose THOMAS WARTON thought tion told translation truth verses wife wish write written wrote