The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Pagina vi
... conversations which form the most valuable part of the ensuing pages are correctly related . To them , therefore , I wish to appeal , for the accuracy of the portrait here exhibited to the world . " As one of those who were intimately ...
... conversations which form the most valuable part of the ensuing pages are correctly related . To them , therefore , I wish to appeal , for the accuracy of the portrait here exhibited to the world . " As one of those who were intimately ...
Pagina x
... Conversation . - Change of Manners . Smoking . The Union . St. Rule's - - - Knox . Retirement from the World . Professors . - - Subscription of Articles . Sharp's Monument . - St. Salvador's . fessors . Watson's . - - - Instructions for ...
... Conversation . - Change of Manners . Smoking . The Union . St. Rule's - - - Knox . Retirement from the World . Professors . - - Subscription of Articles . Sharp's Monument . - St. Salvador's . fessors . Watson's . - - - Instructions for ...
Pagina 7
... conversation ; for he owned he sometimes talked for victory ; he was too con- scientious to make error permanent and pernicious , by deliberately writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to ...
... conversation ; for he owned he sometimes talked for victory ; he was too con- scientious to make error permanent and pernicious , by deliberately writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to ...
Pagina 8
... conversation . Lord Pem- broke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleasantry , and some truth , that " Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way . " But I admit the truth of this ...
... conversation . Lord Pem- broke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleasantry , and some truth , that " Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way . " But I admit the truth of this ...
Pagina 9
... conversation , he never gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involun- tary . " I still , however , think , that these gestures were invo- luntary ; for surely , had not that been the case , he would have restrained ...
... conversation , he never gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involun- tary . " I still , however , think , that these gestures were invo- luntary ; for surely , had not that been the case , he would have restrained ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 4 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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