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 199
... merit of en- deavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of en- deavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
Page 259
... merit to a player . ” JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can con- ceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
... merit to a player . ” JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can con- ceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
Page 344
... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is from errour ...
... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is from errour ...
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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