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 6-10 of 100
Page 31
... Boswell. and the manners , and also the varieties of diction , 1772 . fo as to leave no doubt of its having an animated Etat . 63 . truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior ...
... Boswell. and the manners , and also the varieties of diction , 1772 . fo as to leave no doubt of its having an animated Etat . 63 . truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior ...
Page 32
... Boswell. 1772 . Etat . 63 . be fair , fhall be fair ; but I maintain , that an individual of any fociety , who practises what is allowed , is not a dishonest man . " BOSWELL . So then , Sir , you do not think ill of a man who wins ...
... Boswell. 1772 . Etat . 63 . be fair , fhall be fair ; but I maintain , that an individual of any fociety , who practises what is allowed , is not a dishonest man . " BOSWELL . So then , Sir , you do not think ill of a man who wins ...
Page 38
... Boswell. 1772 . Etat . 63 . differ as to fome point : I am only faying that I could do it . You put me in mind of Sappho in Ovid . " Goldsmith told us , that he was now bufy in writing a natural hiftory , and , that he might have full ...
... Boswell. 1772 . Etat . 63 . differ as to fome point : I am only faying that I could do it . You put me in mind of Sappho in Ovid . " Goldsmith told us , that he was now bufy in writing a natural hiftory , and , that he might have full ...
Page 41
... Boswell. or inftruction totally ineffectual . Obftinacy , there- fore must never be victorious . Yet , it is well known , that there fometimes occurs a fullen and hardy refolution , that laughs at all common pu- nishment , and bids ...
... Boswell. or inftruction totally ineffectual . Obftinacy , there- fore must never be victorious . Yet , it is well known , that there fometimes occurs a fullen and hardy refolution , that laughs at all common pu- nishment , and bids ...
Page 42
... Boswell. Etat . 63 . 1772. proper inftruments of correction . Of this accufa tion the meaning is not very eafy to be found . No inftrument of correction is more proper than an- other , but as it is better adapted to produce prefent pain ...
... Boswell. Etat . 63 . 1772. proper inftruments of correction . Of this accufa tion the meaning is not very eafy to be found . No inftrument of correction is more proper than an- other , but as it is better adapted to produce prefent pain ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf