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 303
... pleased with those who partake pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine , any other consideration is a trifle . To please others by drinking wine ...
... pleased with those who partake pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine , any other consideration is a trifle . To please others by drinking wine ...
Page 354
... pleased , Sir , to be sure . A man is pleased to find he has succeeded in that which he has endeavoured to do . " On Wednesday , May 19 , I sat a part of the evening with him , by ourselves . I observed , that the death of our friends ...
... pleased , Sir , to be sure . A man is pleased to find he has succeeded in that which he has endeavoured to do . " On Wednesday , May 19 , I sat a part of the evening with him , by ourselves . I observed , that the death of our friends ...
Page 388
... pleased , gave us many blessings , and said they had not had such a day since the old Laird of MacLeod's time . Mr. Johnson was much refreshed by this repast . He was pleased when I told him he would make a good chief . He said if he ...
... pleased , gave us many blessings , and said they had not had such a day since the old Laird of MacLeod's time . Mr. Johnson was much refreshed by this repast . He was pleased when I told him he would make a good chief . He said if he ...
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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