The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent & Company, 1907 |
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. First Edition, February tgo(: Rcprinied, fuly lgo6 ; November 1907 RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, UKEAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAV, SUFFOLK. INTRODUCTION 3 PUBLISHED for the first time in 1791, seven.
James Boswell Edmond Malone. First Edition, February tgo(: Rcprinied, fuly lgo6 ; November 1907 RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, UKEAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAV, SUFFOLK. INTRODUCTION 3 PUBLISHED for the first time in 1791, seven.
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. Consider what an inward impulse there must have been, how Many mountains of impediment hurled aside, before the Scottish Laird could, as humble servant, embrace the knees (the bosom was not permitted him) of ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. Consider what an inward impulse there must have been, how Many mountains of impediment hurled aside, before the Scottish Laird could, as humble servant, embrace the knees (the bosom was not permitted him) of ...
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. GOOD BOOK IS THE PRECIOUS LIFE BLODO AMASTER ! SPIRIT EMBALMED & TREASURED UPON PURPOSE TO A LIFE OALIFE BEYONDLIFE MILTONY THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON L BY JAMES BOSWELL &
James Boswell Edmond Malone. GOOD BOOK IS THE PRECIOUS LIFE BLODO AMASTER ! SPIRIT EMBALMED & TREASURED UPON PURPOSE TO A LIFE OALIFE BEYONDLIFE MILTONY THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON L BY JAMES BOSWELL &
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... BOSWELL , ' round his hat ; and in short , if you will , lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude ; all this un- happily is evident as the sun at noon . The very look of Boswell seems to ...
... BOSWELL , ' round his hat ; and in short , if you will , lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude ; all this un- happily is evident as the sun at noon . The very look of Boswell seems to ...
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this , with more advantages ; independent of literary abilities , in which I am not ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this , with more advantages ; independent of literary abilities , in which I am not ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards answered appeared asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop bookseller character church compliments consider conversation death Dictionary dined edition eminent endeavoured English Essay excellent favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL Johnson Joseph Warton kind King labour lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps person pleased pleasure poem praise publick published Rambler reason received remarkable remember Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale told truth verses Warton wish write written wrote
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الصفحة 152 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
الصفحة 108 - Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
الصفحة 151 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would, suffer me to continue it.
الصفحة 151 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Publick should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
الصفحة 151 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
الصفحة 32 - His studies had been so various that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
الصفحة 210 - No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
الصفحة 523 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
الصفحة 108 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires...
الصفحة 387 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.