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. |
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Page 111
... King does not exclude a man from such society . Great Kings have always been social . The King of Prussia , the only great King at present , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
... King does not exclude a man from such society . Great Kings have always been social . The King of Prussia , the only great King at present , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
Page 141
... King , ) if you had not written so well . " — Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a hand- somer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
... King , ) if you had not written so well . " — Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a hand- somer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
Page 142
... King ) , they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , Sir , ( answered Johnson ) , not to Kings . " But fear- ing to be misunderstood , he proceeded to explain him- self ; and immediately subjoined , " That for those who spoke worse ...
... King ) , they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , Sir , ( answered Johnson ) , not to Kings . " But fear- ing to be misunderstood , he proceeded to explain him- self ; and immediately subjoined , " That for those who spoke worse ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of Samuel Johnson | 41 |
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides | 376 |
Copyright | |
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