Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Količina 1Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1799 |
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Stran xvii
... expected . ' I have , ' he says , ' been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ' . ' Though in preparing his manuscript he referred in each case ' to the originals , ' yet he did not , I conjecture , examine them once ...
... expected . ' I have , ' he says , ' been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ' . ' Though in preparing his manuscript he referred in each case ' to the originals , ' yet he did not , I conjecture , examine them once ...
Stran 36
... Life of Whitehead is not a life at all , for there is neither a letter nor a saying from first to last . ' Let- ters of Boswell , p . 265 . The Earl and Countess of Jersey . WRIGHT . be Dr. Johnson on biography . 37 . be expected ,
... Life of Whitehead is not a life at all , for there is neither a letter nor a saying from first to last . ' Let- ters of Boswell , p . 265 . The Earl and Countess of Jersey . WRIGHT . be Dr. Johnson on biography . 37 . be expected ,
Stran 37
... expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient biographers . Οὔτε ταῖς ἐπιφανεστάταις ...
... expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient biographers . Οὔτε ταῖς ἐπιφανεστάταις ...
Stran 58
... expected . It has been said , that he acted in the capacity of an assistant to Mr. Went- worth , in teaching the younger boys . Mr. Wentworth ( he told me ) was a very able man , but an idle man , and to me very severe ; but I cannot ...
... expected . It has been said , that he acted in the capacity of an assistant to Mr. Went- worth , in teaching the younger boys . Mr. Wentworth ( he told me ) was a very able man , but an idle man , and to me very severe ; but I cannot ...
Stran 69
... expected a sharp rebuke . ' ་ It ought to be remembered that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his liter- ary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
... expected a sharp rebuke . ' ་ It ought to be remembered that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his liter- ary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
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