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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الصفحة 199
... merit of en- deavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of en- deavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
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... merit to a player . ” JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can con- ceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
... merit to a player . ” JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can con- ceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
الصفحة 344
... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is from errour ...
... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is from errour ...
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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