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 130
... sometimes as if ruminating , or what is called chewing the cud , sometimes giving a half whistle , sometimes making his tongue play backwards from the roof of his mouth , as if clucking like a hen , and sometimes protruding it against ...
... sometimes as if ruminating , or what is called chewing the cud , sometimes giving a half whistle , sometimes making his tongue play backwards from the roof of his mouth , as if clucking like a hen , and sometimes protruding it against ...
Page 497
... sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes , when he had not money to support even ...
... sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes , when he had not money to support even ...
Page 656
... Sometimes , however , it happens , that their pleasure is without much mischief . The authour feels no pain , but ... sometimes obstructing the bile , that they may see how a man looks , when he is yellow ; sometimes breaking a ...
... Sometimes , however , it happens , that their pleasure is without much mischief . The authour feels no pain , but ... sometimes obstructing the bile , that they may see how a man looks , when he is yellow ; sometimes breaking a ...
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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