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 169
... look into all the chambers but one . ' But we should have the great- est inclination to look into that chamber , to talk of that subject . " JOHNSON , ( with a loud voice ) “ Sir , I am not saying that you could live in friendship with ...
... look into all the chambers but one . ' But we should have the great- est inclination to look into that chamber , to talk of that subject . " JOHNSON , ( with a loud voice ) “ Sir , I am not saying that you could live in friendship with ...
Page 205
... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we know ...
... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we know ...
Page 685
... look for his meaning sometimes among the sports of the field , and sometimes among the manu factures of the shop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our language then so indigent of books , but ...
... look for his meaning sometimes among the sports of the field , and sometimes among the manu factures of the shop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our language then so indigent of books , but ...
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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