The Portable Johnson & BoswellViking Press, 1947 - 762 Seiten Two great and vivid personalitites of English letters revealed in their most charactersitc writings; Johnson; critical essays, letters, poems: Boswell; Life of Johnson, Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, and the Dialogue with Rousseau, etc. |
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... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " His OFELLUS in the Art of Living in London , I have heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at ...
... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " His OFELLUS in the Art of Living in London , I have heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at ...
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... gave all who chose it snuff and tobacco . Governor Trapaud had made us buy a quantity at Fort Augustus and put them up in small parcels . I also gave each person a bit of wheat - bread , which they had never tasted . I then gave a penny ...
... gave all who chose it snuff and tobacco . Governor Trapaud had made us buy a quantity at Fort Augustus and put them up in small parcels . I also gave each person a bit of wheat - bread , which they had never tasted . I then gave a penny ...
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... gave us several tunes on a spinet , which , though made so long ago as in 1667 , was still very well toned . She sung along with it . Dr. Johnson seemed pleased with the music , though he owns he neither likes it nor has hardly any ...
... gave us several tunes on a spinet , which , though made so long ago as in 1667 , was still very well toned . She sung along with it . Dr. Johnson seemed pleased with the music , though he owns he neither likes it nor has hardly any ...
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Editors Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of Samuel Johnson | 41 |
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides | 376 |
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