The Portable Johnson & BoswellViking Press, 1947 - 762 pages 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 96
Page 9
... John- son , was someone not to love but to fear ; no man ever got less comfort from his faith , or more perturbation ... John- son thundered back , " and punished everlastingly . " John- son's morbid horror of death was certainly as much ...
... John- son , was someone not to love but to fear ; no man ever got less comfort from his faith , or more perturbation ... John- son thundered back , " and punished everlastingly . " John- son's morbid horror of death was certainly as much ...
Page 243
... John Pringle , " mine own friend and my Father's friend , ” between whom and Dr. Johnson I in vain wished to establish an acquaintance , as I respected and lived in intimacy with both of them , observed to me once , very ingeniously ...
... John Pringle , " mine own friend and my Father's friend , ” between whom and Dr. Johnson I in vain wished to establish an acquaintance , as I respected and lived in intimacy with both of them , observed to me once , very ingeniously ...
Page 756
... John Hawkins : and Mrs. Thrale said , " Why now , Dr. John- son , he is another of those whom you suffer nobody to abuse but yourself ; Garrick is one , too ; for if any other person speaks against him , you browbeat him in a minute ...
... John Hawkins : and Mrs. Thrale said , " Why now , Dr. John- son , he is another of those whom you suffer nobody to abuse but yourself ; Garrick is one , too ; for if any other person speaks against him , you browbeat him in a minute ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of Samuel Johnson | 41 |
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides | 376 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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