The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. With additions and notes, by J.W. Croker, Band 31831 |
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... lady that I have found in the High- lands . She knows French , musick , and drawing , sews neatly , makes shell - work , and can milk cows ; in short , she can do every thing . She talks sensibly , and is the first person whom I have ...
... lady that I have found in the High- lands . She knows French , musick , and drawing , sews neatly , makes shell - work , and can milk cows ; in short , she can do every thing . She talks sensibly , and is the first person whom I have ...
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... Lady Lochbuy was sister to Sir Allan M'Lean , but much older . He said to me , " They are quite Antediluvians . " Being told that Dr. Johnson did not hear well , Lochbuy bawled out to him , " Are you of the Johnstons of Glencro , or of ...
... Lady Lochbuy was sister to Sir Allan M'Lean , but much older . He said to me , " They are quite Antediluvians . " Being told that Dr. Johnson did not hear well , Lochbuy bawled out to him , " Are you of the Johnstons of Glencro , or of ...
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... lady's part ; and very gravely said , " I think it is but fair to give him an offer of it . If he does not choose it , he may let it alone . " " I think so , " said the lady , looking at her brother with an air of vic- tory . Sir Allan ...
... lady's part ; and very gravely said , " I think it is but fair to give him an offer of it . If he does not choose it , he may let it alone . " " I think so , " said the lady , looking at her brother with an air of vic- tory . Sir Allan ...
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... lady ; " so we drank one of the ladies whom we had lately left . He owned to - night , that he got as good a room and bed as at an English inn . I had here the pleasure of finding a letter from home , which relieved me from the anxiety ...
... lady ; " so we drank one of the ladies whom we had lately left . He owned to - night , that he got as good a room and bed as at an English inn . I had here the pleasure of finding a letter from home , which relieved me from the anxiety ...
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... Lady Coventry ) for her personal charms , had been previously Duchess of Hamilton , and was mother of Douglas , Duke of Hamilton , the competitor for the Douglas property with the late Lord Douglas : she was , of course , prejudiced ...
... Lady Coventry ) for her personal charms , had been previously Duchess of Hamilton , and was mother of Douglas , Duke of Hamilton , the competitor for the Douglas property with the late Lord Douglas : she was , of course , prejudiced ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance admiration afterwards appears Ashbourne authour Baretti Beggar's Opera believe Boswell's called chapel character church compliments conversation court of session dear sir dined dinner doubt Duke Edinburgh elegant England English entertained Erse father favour France Garrick gentleman give happy heard Hebrid Highlands highwaymen honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth island JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson journey kind king lady Langton learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter madam manner mentioned mind Miss morning never night observed occasion opinion Oxford passage perhaps Piozzi pleased pleasure publick recollect remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seems seen Sir Allan Sir Joshua Skie Streatham suppose talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tour travels visited Wales Wilkes wish write written wrote young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 24 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Seite 350 - You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.
Seite 311 - The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.
Seite 456 - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Seite 421 - THAT which is appointed to all men is now coming upon you. Outward circumstances, the eyes and the thoughts of men, are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand 'the trial for eternity, before the Supreme Judge of heaven and earth. Be comforted : your crime, morally or religiously considered, has no very deep dye of turpitude. It corrupted no man's principles ; it attacked no man's life. It involved only a temporary and reparable injury.
Seite 244 - The writer of an epitaph should not be considered as saying nothing but what is strictly true. Allowance must be made for some degree of exaggerated praise. In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath...
Seite 276 - ... were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
Seite 196 - Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases: nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should be apt to throw ***** *'s verses in his face.
Seite 34 - Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs — a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right, above control ; While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.
Seite 319 - Fielding's Amelia was the mosT: pleasing heroine of all the romances (he said) ; but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night.