The Portable Johnson & BoswellViking Press, 1947 - 762 من الصفحات Two great and vivid personalitites of English letters revealed in their most charactersitc writings; Johnson; critical essays, letters, poems: Boswell; Life of Johnson, Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, and the Dialogue with Rousseau, etc. |
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... excellence for which he was not so often distinguished ; he does not forget to remind the King , in the most delicate and artful manner , of continuing his pension . With regard to the success of this address he was for some time in ...
... excellence for which he was not so often distinguished ; he does not forget to remind the King , in the most delicate and artful manner , of continuing his pension . With regard to the success of this address he was for some time in ...
الصفحة 591
... excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or pre- dominating humour , but by the ...
... excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or pre- dominating humour , but by the ...
الصفحة 658
... excellence are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox ; or those , who , being forced by disappointment upon ...
... excellence are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox ; or those , who , being forced by disappointment upon ...
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Editors Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of Samuel Johnson | 41 |
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides | 376 |
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acquaintance afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk believe better BOSWELL called censure character Cibber Colley Cibber considered conversation criticism death desire dined dinner drink Dunciad endeavoured favour Garrick gave genius gentleman give Goldsmith happy honour hope humour Iliad imagination JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King knew labour lady Langton learning Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Madam mankind manner ment mentioned merit mind morning nature ness never observed once opinion passion perhaps play pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praise published reason recollect Robert Dodsley ROUSSEAU SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Scotland seems Shakespeare shewed Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds sometimes Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Tyrconnel verses virtue Voltaire Whig Wilkes wine wish write wrote