Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... once asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not ... once observed to me that ' Johnson knew more books than any man alive . ' He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
... once asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not ... once observed to me that ' Johnson knew more books than any man alive . ' He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
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... once observed to me , ' It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversa- tion that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money- scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
... once observed to me , ' It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversa- tion that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money- scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
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... Once , and only once , I had the satisfaction of seeing your illustrious friend ; and as I feel a particular regard for all whom he distinguished with his esteem and friend- ship , so I derive much pleasure from reflecting that I once ...
... Once , and only once , I had the satisfaction of seeing your illustrious friend ; and as I feel a particular regard for all whom he distinguished with his esteem and friend- ship , so I derive much pleasure from reflecting that I once ...
Contenido
Part of a Review of Graingers Sugar Cane a Poem in the London | 16 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
The False Alarm acknowl | 431 |
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acknowl acquaintance admiration afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller Boswell Papers Boswell's character church compliments consider conversation dear Sir death Dictionary dined doubt edition eminent English favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope house of Stuart humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John kind King labour lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet praise publick published reason recollect remarkable Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton wish write written wrote