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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... present , for then I fall upon soft ground : but I do not like falling on stones , which is the case when enemies are present . — I think this is a pretty good image , Sir . " JOHNSON . “ Sir , it is one of the happiest I have ever ...
... present , for then I fall upon soft ground : but I do not like falling on stones , which is the case when enemies are present . — I think this is a pretty good image , Sir . " JOHNSON . “ Sir , it is one of the happiest I have ever ...
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... present age refuses , and flatter them- selves that the regard which is yet denied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
... present age refuses , and flatter them- selves that the regard which is yet denied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
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... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no scruple to repeat the same jests in many dialogues , or to ...
... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no scruple to repeat the same jests in many dialogues , or to ...
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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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