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Pagina xxix
... honoured by his conversation ; his ridicule of simple ballads at Miss Reynolds's , " As with my hat upon my head ; " and finally on his death bed , his declaration of an attendant's activity being that of a turnspit , & c . - all these ...
... honoured by his conversation ; his ridicule of simple ballads at Miss Reynolds's , " As with my hat upon my head ; " and finally on his death bed , his declaration of an attendant's activity being that of a turnspit , & c . - all these ...
Pagina xlii
... remarkable that Boswell's " Life " has never received the honour of a translation into a foreign language . London , 1888 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT xlii THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOSWELL'S “ LIFE . ”
... remarkable that Boswell's " Life " has never received the honour of a translation into a foreign language . London , 1888 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT xlii THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOSWELL'S “ LIFE . ”
Pagina liii
... honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I ... honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers , whom I have long ...
... honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I ... honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers , whom I have long ...
Pagina lvi
... honour from corruption , " But such an honest chronicler as Griffith . " 11 & SHAKSPEARE , Henry VIII , • See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular Journal of our ...
... honour from corruption , " But such an honest chronicler as Griffith . " 11 & SHAKSPEARE , Henry VIII , • See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular Journal of our ...
Pagina 1
... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circum- stance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my ...
... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circum- stance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to ..., Volume 1 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1884 |
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Pagina 256 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Pagina 256 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Pagina 241 - That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Pagina 41 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
Pagina 470 - Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know ; Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again.
Pagina 411 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Pagina 158 - Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, My Lord...
Pagina 275 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Pagina 6 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark, that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving z with violent commotion.
Pagina 119 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...