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 268
... sure that he is never to be intoxicated , never to lose the power over himself . I shall not begin to drink wine again till I grow old , and want it . " BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , you once said to me , that not to drink wine was a ...
... sure that he is never to be intoxicated , never to lose the power over himself . I shall not begin to drink wine again till I grow old , and want it . " BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , you once said to me , that not to drink wine was a ...
Page 299
... sure he has been at Richmond ; he is sure he is six feet high : but he cannot be sure he is wise , or that he has any other excellence . Then , all cen- sure of a man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to shew how much he can ...
... sure he has been at Richmond ; he is sure he is six feet high : but he cannot be sure he is wise , or that he has any other excellence . Then , all cen- sure of a man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to shew how much he can ...
Page 361
... sure that he wrote Junius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him afterwards ? Yet it may be urged , that what a man has no right to ask , you may refuse to com- municate ; and there is no other effectual mode of pre ...
... sure that he wrote Junius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him afterwards ? Yet it may be urged , that what a man has no right to ask , you may refuse to com- municate ; and there is no other effectual mode of pre ...
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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