Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman3 who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary diffi- culties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' BOSWELL . ' Do you think ...
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman3 who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary diffi- culties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' BOSWELL . ' Do you think ...
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... talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that ' he was thirty years in preparing his History , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better ...
... talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that ' he was thirty years in preparing his History , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better ...
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... talked to him of Forster's Voyage to the South Seas , which pleased me ; but I found he did not like it . ' Sir , ( said he , ) there is a great affectation of fine writing in it . ' BoS WELL . ' But he carries you along with him ...
... talked to him of Forster's Voyage to the South Seas , which pleased me ; but I found he did not like it . ' Sir , ( said he , ) there is a great affectation of fine writing in it . ' BoS WELL . ' But he carries you along with him ...
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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