Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran 39
... mentioned in Dalrym- ple's [ Lord Hailes ] Remarks on the History of Scotland , p . 254. She maintained that she seldom ever prayed but she got a positive answer . ' The minister of her parish was ill . ' She prayed , and got an answer ...
... mentioned in Dalrym- ple's [ Lord Hailes ] Remarks on the History of Scotland , p . 254. She maintained that she seldom ever prayed but she got a positive answer . ' The minister of her parish was ill . ' She prayed , and got an answer ...
Stran 46
... mentioned the stage . JOHNSON . ' The appearance of a player , with whom I have drunk tea , counteracts the imagination that he is the character he represents . Nay , you know , nobody imagines that he is the character he represents ...
... mentioned the stage . JOHNSON . ' The appearance of a player , with whom I have drunk tea , counteracts the imagination that he is the character he represents . Nay , you know , nobody imagines that he is the character he represents ...
Stran 49
... mentioned in a note to Horace Walpole's Letters , I. cxxxvi . 5 Catharine Sedley , the mistress of James II , is described by Macau- lay , Hist of Eng . ed . 1874 , ii . 323 . Dr. A. Carlyle ( Auto . p . 114 ) tells how in 1745 he found ...
... mentioned in a note to Horace Walpole's Letters , I. cxxxvi . 5 Catharine Sedley , the mistress of James II , is described by Macau- lay , Hist of Eng . ed . 1874 , ii . 323 . Dr. A. Carlyle ( Auto . p . 114 ) tells how in 1745 he found ...
Stran 51
... mentioned an argu- ment of mine , that literary performances are not taxed . As Churchill says , ' No statesman yet has thought it worth his pains To tax our labours , or excise our brains ' ; ' and therefore they are not property . Yet ...
... mentioned an argu- ment of mine , that literary performances are not taxed . As Churchill says , ' No statesman yet has thought it worth his pains To tax our labours , or excise our brains ' ; ' and therefore they are not property . Yet ...
Stran 57
... mentioning other eminent writers of the Scotch ; " These will not do , " said Johnson , Let us have some more of your northern lights ; these are mere farthing candles . " John- son's Works ( 1787 ) , xi . 208. Dr. T. 66 , not 58 Saint ...
... mentioning other eminent writers of the Scotch ; " These will not do , " said Johnson , Let us have some more of your northern lights ; these are mere farthing candles . " John- son's Works ( 1787 ) , xi . 208. Dr. T. 66 , not 58 Saint ...
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Aberdeen ancient ante asked Auchinleck August August 15 August 21 authour believe boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast called castle church conversation Croker dinner Duke Dunvegan DUPPA Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole Hume Inchkenneth island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Journey King Kingsburgh Lady Laird land learning lived London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night observed October October 14 October 23 opinion passage Piozzi Letters pleased Prince publick Rasay rock Samuel Johnson says Scotland September September 13 servant shew Sir Allan stone suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale told took Tour walked WALTER SCOTT wish writing young
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Stran 342 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Stran 339 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Stran 305 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.
Stran 12 - He was prone to superstition but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice and a slow deliberate utterance which no doubt gave some additional weight to the sterling metal of his conversation.
Stran 339 - ... daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, B,y forms...
Stran 109 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Stran 11 - He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.
Stran 204 - I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Stran 305 - Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae...
Stran 43 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.