The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , a confused , but somehow a ...
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , a confused , but somehow a ...
Pagina 9
... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrasti- nation were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In ...
... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrasti- nation were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In ...
Pagina 10
... Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one but such a one is as good a ...
... Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one but such a one is as good a ...
Pagina 19
... talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL : " That , Sir , was great fortitude of mind . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; stark insensibility . " The fifth of November was at that time kept with ...
... talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL : " That , Sir , was great fortitude of mind . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; stark insensibility . " The fifth of November was at that time kept with ...
Pagina 47
... talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , said one day in my hearing , " We rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe ( Dr. Barnard ) informed me , that at another ...
... talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , said one day in my hearing , " We rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe ( Dr. Barnard ) informed me , that at another ...
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