Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 3
... answer , which I found on my arrival at Paris : A Mr. Mr. BOSWELL , chez Mr. WATERS , Banquier , à Paris . ' DEAR SIR , Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me ...
... answer , which I found on my arrival at Paris : A Mr. Mr. BOSWELL , chez Mr. WATERS , Banquier , à Paris . ' DEAR SIR , Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me ...
Page 5
... answer ; or , if occasion required it , was mute , officious , and ever complying .... There Johnson sat every morning , receiving visits , hearing the topics of the day , and indolently trifling away the time . Chymistry afforded some ...
... answer ; or , if occasion required it , was mute , officious , and ever complying .... There Johnson sat every morning , receiving visits , hearing the topics of the day , and indolently trifling away the time . Chymistry afforded some ...
Page 7
... answer ; but he only said , " Sir , I did not write them , but that you may not imagine that I have wrote more than I really have , the utmost I have wrote in that poem , to the best of my recollection , is not more than eighteen lines ...
... answer ; but he only said , " Sir , I did not write them , but that you may not imagine that I have wrote more than I really have , the utmost I have wrote in that poem , to the best of my recollection , is not more than eighteen lines ...
Page 13
... answered with a smile , ' My dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? ' JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him ...
... answered with a smile , ' My dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? ' JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him ...
Page 21
... answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and punctually attended and obeyed by his servants ; he was very considerate as to the in- junctions he gave , and explained them distinctly ; and , at ...
... answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and punctually attended and obeyed by his servants ; he was very considerate as to the in- junctions he gave , and explained them distinctly ; and , at ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aetat Anec ante appeared April April 15 April 28 asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character church compliments conversation Corsica Court Croker DEAR SIR dined doubt edition England English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy honour hope Horace Walpole humble servant Hume humour J. H. Burton JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson King lady Langton laugh learning Letters of Boswell Lichfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo manner March March 21 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed opinion Oxford Paoli passage perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure poem Pope publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotch Scotland seems Sept shewed Sir Joshua speak suppose talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told wish write written wrote