Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what Men Thought and Spoke Concerning HimEdward Tuckerman Mason Harper & brothers, 1879 - 319 страници |
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... conversation turning upon pictures , which Johnson could not well see , he retired to a corner of the room , stretching out his right leg as far as he could reach before him , then bringing up his left leg , and stretching his right ...
... conversation turning upon pictures , which Johnson could not well see , he retired to a corner of the room , stretching out his right leg as far as he could reach before him , then bringing up his left leg , and stretching his right ...
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... conversation as in his best days . - Boswell . Mrs. Lennox had written a novel , which in the spring of 1751 was ready for publication . One evening , at the Ivy Lane Club , Johnson proposed to us the celebrating of the birth of Mrs ...
... conversation as in his best days . - Boswell . Mrs. Lennox had written a novel , which in the spring of 1751 was ready for publication . One evening , at the Ivy Lane Club , Johnson proposed to us the celebrating of the birth of Mrs ...
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... conversation , has already been mentioned . A tavern was the place for these enjoyments ; and a weekly club was instituted for his gratification , and the mutual delight of its several members . The first movers in this association were ...
... conversation , has already been mentioned . A tavern was the place for these enjoyments ; and a weekly club was instituted for his gratification , and the mutual delight of its several members . The first movers in this association were ...
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... conversation . " - Boswell . I asked him why he doted on a coach so , and received for answer that , " in the first place , the company was shut in with him there , and could not escape , as out of a room : in the next place , he heard ...
... conversation . " - Boswell . I asked him why he doted on a coach so , and received for answer that , " in the first place , the company was shut in with him there , and could not escape , as out of a room : in the next place , he heard ...
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... conversation , that his reading was very exten- sive . Dr. Adam Smith , than whom few were better judges on this subject , once observed to me that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing ...
... conversation , that his reading was very exten- sive . Dr. Adam Smith , than whom few were better judges on this subject , once observed to me that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing ...
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Страница 293 - He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleetditch.
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Страница 184 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by...
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Страница 217 - Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir, (said he, with a stern look,) I have known David Garrick longer than you have done : and I know no right you have to talk to me on the subject.