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 342
... hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While he went on talking tri- umphantly , I was fixed in admiration ... hand . ” It has been observed and wondered at , that Mr. Charles Fox never talked with any freedom in the pres- ence ...
... hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While he went on talking tri- umphantly , I was fixed in admiration ... hand . ” It has been observed and wondered at , that Mr. Charles Fox never talked with any freedom in the pres- ence ...
Page 350
... hands . " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen , that I might have a discreet friend at hand , to act as occasion should re- quire . In penning this note , I had some difficulty ; my hand , I knew not how nor why , made wrong letters . I ...
... hands . " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen , that I might have a discreet friend at hand , to act as occasion should re- quire . In penning this note , I had some difficulty ; my hand , I knew not how nor why , made wrong letters . I ...
Page 447
... hand . But all his assiduity and tenderness were without ef- fect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother ...
... hand . But all his assiduity and tenderness were without ef- fect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother ...
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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