Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 3Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... expressed a wish to be acquainted . He received him very courteously . Sir Alexander observed that the Chancellors in England are chosen from views much inferior to the office , being chosen from temporary political views . JOHNSON ...
... expressed a wish to be acquainted . He received him very courteously . Sir Alexander observed that the Chancellors in England are chosen from views much inferior to the office , being chosen from temporary political views . JOHNSON ...
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... expressed some appre- hension that the Pantheon would encourage luxury . ' Sir ( said Johnson ) , I am a great friend to public amuse- ments ; for they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me ) would have been with a ...
... expressed some appre- hension that the Pantheon would encourage luxury . ' Sir ( said Johnson ) , I am a great friend to public amuse- ments ; for they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me ) would have been with a ...
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... expression , he was too compact , too much broken into hints , as it were , and therefore too difficult to be understood . To my great satisfaction , Dr. Johnson sanctioned this opinion . ' Tacitus , sir , seems to me rather to have ...
... expression , he was too compact , too much broken into hints , as it were , and therefore too difficult to be understood . To my great satisfaction , Dr. Johnson sanctioned this opinion . ' Tacitus , sir , seems to me rather to have ...
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... sir , if he sat next you . ' I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer VOL . III . D He answered , ' A conceited fellow . Were a ET . 63 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 49.
... sir , if he sat next you . ' I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer VOL . III . D He answered , ' A conceited fellow . Were a ET . 63 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 49.
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... expressed indeed in a style somewhat quaint , which , however , I do not dislike . His book has an air of originality . We figure to ourselves an ancient gentleman talking to us . When one of his friends endeavoured to maintain that a ...
... expressed indeed in a style somewhat quaint , which , however , I do not dislike . His book has an air of originality . We figure to ourselves an ancient gentleman talking to us . When one of his friends endeavoured to maintain that a ...
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acquaintance admiration afraid appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller BOSWELL TO DR called character church compliments consider conversation Court Court of Session dear sir DEAR SIR,-I dined Doctor Doctor of Medicine doubt edition eminent England English Erse father favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON Edinburgh Journey judge King lady Langton laugh learned letter Lichfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo manner means ment mentioned mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem political Raasay reason remark Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seems Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell things thought Thrale tion told truth wish wonderful write written wrote