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 87
... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
Page 245
... told her I was in great un- easiness , for Dr. Johnson had engaged to me to dine this day at Mr. Dilly's , but that he had told me he had for- gotten his engagement , and had ordered dinner at home . " Yes , Sir , ( said she , pretty ...
... told her I was in great un- easiness , for Dr. Johnson had engaged to me to dine this day at Mr. Dilly's , but that he had told me he had for- gotten his engagement , and had ordered dinner at home . " Yes , Sir , ( said she , pretty ...
Page 325
... told me of my distilling , I would have told him of his grotto . " you , " He would allow no settled indulgence of idleness upon principle , and always repelled every attempt to urge excuses for it . A friend one day suggested , that it ...
... told me of my distilling , I would have told him of his grotto . " you , " He would allow no settled indulgence of idleness upon principle , and always repelled every attempt to urge excuses for it . A friend one day suggested , that it ...
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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