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 11
... knew why they got unruly , he knew why they got drunk . He cast no stones , first or last , at them : instead he spoke up for the few " sweet- eners of their existence , " he consorted with the " Laurin- das " and Bet Flints , and took ...
... knew why they got unruly , he knew why they got drunk . He cast no stones , first or last , at them : instead he spoke up for the few " sweet- eners of their existence , " he consorted with the " Laurin- das " and Bet Flints , and took ...
Page 15
... knew - as the primary experi- ence of normal life . For his was never really a normal life ; and deep down , Johnson knew it . And he knew it for what was odd no less than for what was eminent about him ; beyond feeling the pangs of ...
... knew - as the primary experi- ence of normal life . For his was never really a normal life ; and deep down , Johnson knew it . And he knew it for what was odd no less than for what was eminent about him ; beyond feeling the pangs of ...
Page 58
... knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catharine - street , in the Strand . " I dined ( said he ) very well for eight - pence ...
... knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catharine - street , in the Strand . " I dined ( said he ) very well for eight - pence ...
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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