The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page iii
... should be acknowledged for favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , moft fincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased ...
... should be acknowledged for favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , moft fincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased ...
Page vi
... should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful , humble fervant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST ...
... should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful , humble fervant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST ...
Page viii
... should probably be thought ridiculously oftentatious . Let me only obferve , as a fpecimen of my trouble , that I have Sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished ...
... should probably be thought ridiculously oftentatious . Let me only obferve , as a fpecimen of my trouble , that I have Sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished ...
Page xvi
... Should there be any cold - blooded and morofe mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a story to apply . When the great Duke of Marlborough , accompanied by Lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitering the army in Flanders ...
... Should there be any cold - blooded and morofe mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a story to apply . When the great Duke of Marlborough , accompanied by Lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitering the army in Flanders ...
Page xvii
... should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " Should I not speak ? Let me then mention with a warm , but no infolent exultation , that I have been regaled with fpon- taneous praife of my work by many and various ...
... should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " Should I not speak ? Let me then mention with a warm , but no infolent exultation , that I have been regaled with fpon- taneous praife of my work by many and various ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ætat afked againſt almoſt anſwered aſked Atat authour becauſe beſt Biſhop BOSWELL confider confiderable converfation dear Sir defire dined Etat expreffed faid fame favour feems feen fent fhall fhew fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman Hiftory himſelf honour hope houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON kindneſs lady laft Langton laſt lefs letter Lichfield live London Lord Lucy PORTER Madam mentioned Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent publick publiſhed purpoſe queftion reaſon refpect Reverend ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeemed ſhall ſhe Sir Joshua Reynolds ſpeak ſtate Streatham talked theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told tranflation underſtand uſed verfes vifit Whig whofe wiſh write