Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 59
... Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the immorality , and it should be put in the hands of every young gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired gradually and ...
... Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the immorality , and it should be put in the hands of every young gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired gradually and ...
Stran 60
... Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : Every man of any educa- tion would rather be called a rascal than accused of deficiency in the graces . ' Mr. Gibbon , who was present , turned to a lady who ...
... Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : Every man of any educa- tion would rather be called a rascal than accused of deficiency in the graces . ' Mr. Gibbon , who was present , turned to a lady who ...
Stran 87
... letters concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings ET . 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 87.
... letters concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings ET . 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 87.
Stran 91
... letter with which you favoured me some time ago . I imagined it to have been written without Mr. Boswell's knowledge , and therefore supposed the answer to require , what I could not find , a private conveyance . ' The difference with ...
... letter with which you favoured me some time ago . I imagined it to have been written without Mr. Boswell's knowledge , and therefore supposed the answer to require , what I could not find , a private conveyance . ' The difference with ...
Stran 92
... letters were too long ?? Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and - what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
... letters were too long ?? Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and - what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
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acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne Auchinleck believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop censure character Cibber consider conversation Court of Session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd Dodd's doubt drink edition Elkanah Settle English favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope Hugo Grotius humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Edinburgh judge KNOWLES lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo madam mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets praise recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland sermons Seward Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Soame Jenyns Streatham style suppose sure talked Taylor tell things thought Thrale tion told truth uneasy Whig Wilkes William wine wish write written wrote