Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 35
Page 47
... admirable writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note , perhaps , requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt not , will admit that a critical ...
... admirable writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note , perhaps , requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt not , will admit that a critical ...
Page 49
... admiration of the corresponding charms of the fair Quaker . This record , though by no means so perfect as I could wish , will serve to give a notion of a very curious interview , which was not only pleasing at the time , but had the ...
... admiration of the corresponding charms of the fair Quaker . This record , though by no means so perfect as I could wish , will serve to give a notion of a very curious interview , which was not only pleasing at the time , but had the ...
Page 54
... admirably . For instance , he tells us that the cow sheds her horns every two years ; a most palpable error , which Goldsmith has faithfully transferred into his book . It is wonderful that Buffon , who lived so much in the country , at ...
... admirably . For instance , he tells us that the cow sheds her horns every two years ; a most palpable error , which Goldsmith has faithfully transferred into his book . It is wonderful that Buffon , who lived so much in the country , at ...
Page 57
... admirable and encouraging ; and it must impress all the thinking part of my readers with a consolatory confidence in habitual devotion , when they see a man of such enlarged intellectual powers as Johnson , thus , in the genuine ...
... admirable and encouraging ; and it must impress all the thinking part of my readers with a consolatory confidence in habitual devotion , when they see a man of such enlarged intellectual powers as Johnson , thus , in the genuine ...
Page 71
... admirable performance , " The Lives of the English Poets , " which is the richest , most beautiful , and indeed most perfect , production of Johnson's pen . His notion of it at this time appears in the preceding letter . He has a ...
... admirable performance , " The Lives of the English Poets , " which is the richest , most beautiful , and indeed most perfect , production of Johnson's pen . His notion of it at this time appears in the preceding letter . He has 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