Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page 2
... Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian — a character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson ...
... Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian — a character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson ...
Page 20
... madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the case . " " Talking of " The Spectator , " he said , " It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there ...
... madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the case . " " Talking of " The Spectator , " he said , " It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there ...
Page 29
... madam , when you are declaiming , declaim ; and when you are calculating , calculate . " At another time , when she said , perhaps affectedly , " I don't like to fly . " - JOHNSON : " With your wings , madam , you must fly : but have a ...
... madam , when you are declaiming , declaim ; and when you are calculating , calculate . " At another time , when she said , perhaps affectedly , " I don't like to fly . " - JOHNSON : " With your wings , madam , you must fly : but have a ...
Page 32
... Madam ( looking towards Johnson ) , that among all your acquaintance you could find one exception ? " The lady smiled , and seemed to acquiesce . 66 I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath ...
... Madam ( looking towards Johnson ) , that among all your acquaintance you could find one exception ? " The lady smiled , and seemed to acquiesce . 66 I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath ...
Page 42
... Madam , " said I , " his respect for you is such , that I know he will not leave you , unless you absolutely desire it . But as you have so much of his company , I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a ...
... Madam , " said I , " his respect for you is such , that I know he will not leave you , unless you absolutely desire it . But as you have so much of his company , I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance admired affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Auchinleck Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers character consider conversation DEAR SIR death died Dilly dined dinner Dodd drinking Edinburgh edition EDWARDS elegant eminent English entertained favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kindness KNOWLES lady Langton late learned letter liberty Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Camden Lord Monboddo Lordship Lucy Porter Madam mentioned mind Miss never obliged observed opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poems Poets Pope praise published recollect respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland sermons Sir Joshua Reynolds Soame Jenyns Strahan Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale told travelling truth Warley Whig wine wish word write wrote