The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the first impression of that more extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . The " morbid melancholy , " which was lurking in his constitu- tion ...
... conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the first impression of that more extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . The " morbid melancholy , " which was lurking in his constitu- tion ...
Pagina 18
... conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages , and said to her daughter , " this is the most sensi- ble man that I ever saw in my life . " Though Mrs. Porter was double the age of Johnson , * and her person and ...
... conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages , and said to her daughter , " this is the most sensi- ble man that I ever saw in my life . " Though Mrs. Porter was double the age of Johnson , * and her person and ...
Pagina 32
... conversation , such thoughts were sure to rush into his mind ; any company , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life , he said , was to escape from himself ; this disposition he considered ...
... conversation , such thoughts were sure to rush into his mind ; any company , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life , he said , was to escape from himself ; this disposition he considered ...
Pagina 34
... conversation . This essay is a short but masterly performance . We find him in No. 13 of his " Rambler , " censuring a profli- gate sentiment in that " Account ; " and again insisting upon it strenuously in conversation . An Account of ...
... conversation . This essay is a short but masterly performance . We find him in No. 13 of his " Rambler , " censuring a profli- gate sentiment in that " Account ; " and again insisting upon it strenuously in conversation . An Account of ...
Pagina 55
... conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labors during a part of the year 1752 , will not seem strange , when it is consid- ered that ...
... conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labors during a part of the year 1752 , will not seem strange , when it is consid- ered that ...
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