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 89
... given to Sheridan . Johnson , who , as has been already mentioned , thought slightingly of Sheridan's art , upon hearing that he was also pensioned , exclaimed , " What ! have they given him a pension ? Then it is time for me to give up ...
... given to Sheridan . Johnson , who , as has been already mentioned , thought slightingly of Sheridan's art , upon hearing that he was also pensioned , exclaimed , " What ! have they given him a pension ? Then it is time for me to give up ...
Page 416
... given me a card with compliments to him , which I was sure would procure me admission . Colonel Chaillet had given me a letter to the Châtelin , M. Martinet , the principal Justice of the Place , who could introduce me without ...
... given me a card with compliments to him , which I was sure would procure me admission . Colonel Chaillet had given me a letter to the Châtelin , M. Martinet , the principal Justice of the Place , who could introduce me without ...
Page 432
... given us for objects of impor- tance . Pay no heed to what such men say . They will get tired of talking to a man who does not answer them . " BOSWELL . " If you were in Scotland , they would start off by calling you ' Rousseau , Jean ...
... given us for objects of impor- tance . Pay no heed to what such men say . They will get tired of talking to a man who does not answer them . " BOSWELL . " If you were in Scotland , they would start off by calling you ' Rousseau , Jean ...
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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