Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página xiii
... given on oath . " Yet some have maintained , both then and since , that he only blundered into success . Gray , after reading his Account of Corsica , dismissed a fool who had written well by chance , by the simple . expedient of ...
... given on oath . " Yet some have maintained , both then and since , that he only blundered into success . Gray , after reading his Account of Corsica , dismissed a fool who had written well by chance , by the simple . expedient of ...
Página xxiii
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
Página 1
... given , 1 that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he em ployed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
... given , 1 that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he em ployed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
Página 3
... given upon a former occasion , 2 have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar na- ture . That the conversation of a ...
... given upon a former occasion , 2 have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar na- ture . That the conversation of a ...
Página 11
... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exercises and in other occasional compositions . these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Went- worth , son of one of his masters , and of Mr ...
... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exercises and in other occasional compositions . these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Went- worth , son of one of his masters , and of Mr ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance admiration afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop booksellers called character Church compliments consider conversation Croker DEAR SIR death Dictionary dined edition eminent English favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope House of Stuart humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise published reason recollect remark Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland shew Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth verses Warton Whig wish write written wrote دو وو