The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1952 - 559 pagina's |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 83
Pagina 154
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? ' Dr. Johnson's animadver- sion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? ' Dr. Johnson's animadver- sion was uttered in such a ...
Pagina 210
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . Johnson . It was owing to imaginary diffi- culties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' Boswell . ' Do you think ...
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . Johnson . It was owing to imaginary diffi- culties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' Boswell . ' Do you think ...
Pagina 407
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less ad- mired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfotation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less ad- mired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfotation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared April Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better booksellers Brocklesby called character compliments consider conversation David Garrick DEAR SIR death degree Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent English expressed favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour instance JAMES BOSWELL John kind lady Langton learning Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College perhaps pleased pleasure Poets publick recollect remarkable respect Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed shewed Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds soon Streatham strong suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth wine wish wonderful write wrote