Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 51
... kind " to him . There could not have been much in common between a provincial scholar and a soldier and man of the world whom Johnson himself de- scribed as " a vicious man " ; but Hervey's dinners were impor- tant , and Johnson told ...
... kind " to him . There could not have been much in common between a provincial scholar and a soldier and man of the world whom Johnson himself de- scribed as " a vicious man " ; but Hervey's dinners were impor- tant , and Johnson told ...
Page 122
... kind of profanation to hold any argument about its truth . He was not easily imposed upon by pretensions to honesty and candor , but he appeared to have little suspicion of hypocrisy in religion . " V What Johnson hoped for himself , he ...
... kind of profanation to hold any argument about its truth . He was not easily imposed upon by pretensions to honesty and candor , but he appeared to have little suspicion of hypocrisy in religion . " V What Johnson hoped for himself , he ...
Page 214
... to await his friend . Meanwhile- Mrs. Thrale ( quoting the second witch in Macbeth ) . " I'll give thee a wind . ” Johnson ( quoting the first ) . " Thou'rt kind . " PART SIX One : Johnson in Scotland D RESSED in 214 Mr. Oddity.
... to await his friend . Meanwhile- Mrs. Thrale ( quoting the second witch in Macbeth ) . " I'll give thee a wind . ” Johnson ( quoting the first ) . " Thou'rt kind . " PART SIX One : Johnson in Scotland D RESSED in 214 Mr. Oddity.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Barber Baretti Beauclerk believe Bennet Langton Bolt Court bookseller Boothby Boswell's called conversation David Garrick dear Sir death diary Dictionary Dilly dined dinner English exclaimed Fanny Burney father Fleet Street Francis Barber Garrick gentleman Goldsmith hand Hawkins hear heard Henry Thrale honor hope Inner Temple James Boswell Johnson told Johnson wrote journey lady Lane Langton learned letter Levet Lichfield Lichfield Grammar School lived London Lord Lucy Porter Madam Michael Johnson mind Miss Burney Miss Williams morning mother Murphy never night once Oxford perhaps Piozzi pleasure poem poet poetry Pope praise prayed prayer Queeney remarked replied returned Reynolds Richard Savage Samuel Johnson Scotland Shakespeare stayed Streatham sure talk tell Tetty thought Thrale tion told Boswell took wife Wilkes wish woman write young