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 157
... mentioned Garrick in his Preface to Shakespeare ; and asked him if he did not admire him . JOHNSON . " Yes , as ' a poor player , who frets and struts his hour upon the stage ; ' - as a shadow . " BOSWELL . " But has he not brought ...
... mentioned Garrick in his Preface to Shakespeare ; and asked him if he did not admire him . JOHNSON . " Yes , as ' a poor player , who frets and struts his hour upon the stage ; ' - as a shadow . " BOSWELL . " But has he not brought ...
Page 254
... mentioned , because they mark his character . JOHNSON . " Sir , there is no doubt as to peculiarities : the question is , whether a man's vices should be mentioned ; for instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell ...
... mentioned , because they mark his character . JOHNSON . " Sir , there is no doubt as to peculiarities : the question is , whether a man's vices should be mentioned ; for instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell ...
Page 365
... mentioned what Johnson said of him to me when he was at the bar ; and after his Lordship was advanced to the seals , he said of him , " I would prepare myself for no man in England but Lord Thurlow . When I am to meet with him , I ...
... mentioned what Johnson said of him to me when he was at the bar ; and after his Lordship was advanced to the seals , he said of him , " I would prepare myself for no man in England but Lord Thurlow . When I am to meet with him , I ...
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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