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 109
... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . " Rousseau's treatise on the inequality of mankind was at this time a fashionable topick . It gave rise to an ob- servation by Mr. Dempster , that the advantages of for- tune and ...
... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . " Rousseau's treatise on the inequality of mankind was at this time a fashionable topick . It gave rise to an ob- servation by Mr. Dempster , that the advantages of for- tune and ...
Page 185
... wish to get in and shine . Finding himself excluded , he had taken his hat to go away , but re- mained for some time with it in his hand , like a gamester , who , at the close of a long night , lingers for a little while , to see if he ...
... wish to get in and shine . Finding himself excluded , he had taken his hat to go away , but re- mained for some time with it in his hand , like a gamester , who , at the close of a long night , lingers for a little while , to see if he ...
Page 310
... wish to know about him . " JOHNSON . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge , I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " There was no arguing with him at the moment . Some time afterwards ...
... wish to know about him . " JOHNSON . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge , I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " There was no arguing with him at the moment . Some time afterwards ...
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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