The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Том 21835 |
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... give colour to the story of his being detained in the anteroom ; and it must be remembered , that , at this period , Hawkins , whose edition of the story is attacked by Boswell , was in constant habits of intercourse with Johnson ...
... give colour to the story of his being detained in the anteroom ; and it must be remembered , that , at this period , Hawkins , whose edition of the story is attacked by Boswell , was in constant habits of intercourse with Johnson ...
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... give my vote for Mr. Johnson to fill that great and arduous post . And I hereby declare , that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language , as a free - born British subject , to the said Mr. Johnson ...
... give my vote for Mr. Johnson to fill that great and arduous post . And I hereby declare , that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language , as a free - born British subject , to the said Mr. Johnson ...
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... give it me ( 1 ) ; till at last , in 1781 , when we were on a visit at Mr. Dilly's , at Southhill in Bedfordshire , he was pleased to dictate it to me from memory . He afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had ...
... give it me ( 1 ) ; till at last , in 1781 , when we were on a visit at Mr. Dilly's , at Southhill in Bedfordshire , he was pleased to dictate it to me from memory . He afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had ...
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... gives , by hinting that Johnson expected some pecuniary assistance from Lord Chesterfield . He says , " It does not ap- pear that Lord Chesterfield showed any substantial proofs of approbation to our philologer . A small present Johnson ...
... gives , by hinting that Johnson expected some pecuniary assistance from Lord Chesterfield . He says , " It does not ap- pear that Lord Chesterfield showed any substantial proofs of approbation to our philologer . A small present Johnson ...
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... give copies of this letter ; that for many years Boswell had in vain solicited him to do so , and that he , after the lapse of twenty years , did so reluctantly . With all these admissions , how can Mr. Boswell attribute to any thing ...
... give copies of this letter ; that for many years Boswell had in vain solicited him to do so , and that he , after the lapse of twenty years , did so reluctantly . With all these admissions , how can Mr. Boswell attribute to any thing ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards answer antè appear Baretti Beauclerk BENNET LANGTON Bishop Boswell Burke Burney called Charles Burney College conversation dear Sir death Dictionary died dine doubt Earl edition English Essay favour Garrick gave genius gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hawkins hear heard honour hope humble servant John Joseph Warton kind King lady Langton letter literary lived London Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lord Macartney LUCY PORTER Madam mankind mentioned merit mind Miss never observed once opinion Oxford pension perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poor pounds published Rasselas received recollect SAMUEL JOHNSON seems Shakspeare Sheridan shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Robert Chambers Soame Jenyns suppose sure talk tell thing Thomas THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton William wish write written wrote
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Сторінка 255 - Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus.
Сторінка 98 - I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible.
Сторінка 181 - He afterwards studied physic at Edinburgh, and upon the continent; and, I have been informed, was enabled to pursue his travels on foot, partly by demanding at universities to enter the lists as a disputant, by which, according to the custom 'of many of them, he was entitled to the premium of a crown, when luckily for him his challenge was not accepted; so that, as I once observed to Dr.