Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1934 |
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Page 63
... shew that it is not age alone that can retire to pious solitude ; but he thought this would only shew that they could not resist temptation . He wanted to mount the steeples , but it could not be done . There are no good inscriptions ...
... shew that it is not age alone that can retire to pious solitude ; but he thought this would only shew that they could not resist temptation . He wanted to mount the steeples , but it could not be done . There are no good inscriptions ...
Page 349
... shews Mr. Garrick's mode of writing as the Manager of a Theatre , and contains a pleasing trait of his domestick life . His ... shew that the epithet poetaster was , in the present instance , much misapplied . BOSWELL , ed . 3 , 1786 ...
... shews Mr. Garrick's mode of writing as the Manager of a Theatre , and contains a pleasing trait of his domestick life . His ... shew that the epithet poetaster was , in the present instance , much misapplied . BOSWELL , ed . 3 , 1786 ...
Page 358
... shew us . He brought a wrong piece , upon which the duke sent him back again . He could not refuse ; but , to avoid any appearance of servility , he whistled as he walked out of the room , to show his independency . On my mentioning ...
... shew us . He brought a wrong piece , upon which the duke sent him back again . He could not refuse ; but , to avoid any appearance of servility , he whistled as he walked out of the room , to show his independency . On my mentioning ...
Contents
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION xlvii | 5 |
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION | 14 |
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 18 Sept 1709Oct 1765 25500 | 29 |
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