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 429
... Rousseau said , " See now , you are driving Mademoiselle out of the room . " She was now returned . ) He stopped , and looked at me in a singular manner , " Are you greedy ? " BOSWELL . " Yes . " ROUSSEAU . “ I am sorry to hear it ...
... Rousseau said , " See now , you are driving Mademoiselle out of the room . " She was now returned . ) He stopped , and looked at me in a singular manner , " Are you greedy ? " BOSWELL . " Yes . " ROUSSEAU . “ I am sorry to hear it ...
Page 433
... Rousseau to the Isle of Corsica . " ROUSSEAU . " Would you care to be King of Corsica ? " BOSWELL . " By my word ! Ha ! Ha ! Not I. It is beyond my powers ( with a low bow ) ; all the same , I can say , ' I have refused to be a King ...
... Rousseau to the Isle of Corsica . " ROUSSEAU . " Would you care to be King of Corsica ? " BOSWELL . " By my word ! Ha ! Ha ! Not I. It is beyond my powers ( with a low bow ) ; all the same , I can say , ' I have refused to be a King ...
Page 435
... ROUSSEAU . " But I can't give you five and twenty minutes . " BOSWELL . " I will give you even more than that . " ROUSSEAU . " What ! Of my own time ? All the Kings on earth cannot give me my own time . " BOSWELL . " But if I had stayed ...
... ROUSSEAU . " But I can't give you five and twenty minutes . " BOSWELL . " I will give you even more than that . " ROUSSEAU . " What ! Of my own time ? All the Kings on earth cannot give me my own time . " BOSWELL . " But if I had stayed ...
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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