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... talked about . He was morbid , restless , self - conscious , vain , insinuating ; and , poor fellow , he died a drunkard . But the essential Boswell , the skilful and de- voted artist , is almost unrecognized . As the creator of the ...
... talked about . He was morbid , restless , self - conscious , vain , insinuating ; and , poor fellow , he died a drunkard . But the essential Boswell , the skilful and de- voted artist , is almost unrecognized . As the creator of the ...
69 페이지
... talked much of his CABIRI . As we returned to Oxford in the evening , I out - walked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , Put on your drag chain ...
... talked much of his CABIRI . As we returned to Oxford in the evening , I out - walked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , Put on your drag chain ...
89 페이지
... talked with Johnson upon this matter , and that it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely honorary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that Johnson called on him after his Majesty's intention had been notified ...
... talked with Johnson upon this matter , and that it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely honorary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that Johnson called on him after his Majesty's intention had been notified ...
105 페이지
... talked carelessly without knowledge of the subject , or even without thought . His person was short , his countenance coarse and vulgar , his deportment that of a scholar aukwardly affecting the easy gentleman . Those who were in any ...
... talked carelessly without knowledge of the subject , or even without thought . His person was short , his countenance coarse and vulgar , his deportment that of a scholar aukwardly affecting the easy gentleman . Those who were in any ...
107 페이지
... talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry , observing , that ' it had a temporary currency , only from its audacity of abuse , and being filled with living names , and that it would sink into oblivion . ' I ventured to hint that ...
... talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry , observing , that ' it had a temporary currency , only from its audacity of abuse , and being filled with living names , and that it would sink into oblivion . ' I ventured to hint that ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth walked Whig Wilkes wine wish wonder write written wrote young
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127 페이지 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
16 페이지 - When at Oxford I took up Law's 'Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry.
253 페이지 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
553 페이지 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
230 페이지 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
64 페이지 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of...
95 페이지 - I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted. And, in truth, had not my ardour been uncommonly strong, and my resolution uncommonly persevering, so rough a reception might have deterred me for ever from making any further attempts. Fortunately, however, I remained upon the field not wholly discomfited ; and was soon rewarded by hearing some of his conversation, of which I preserved the following short minute,...
119 페이지 - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.
548 페이지 - I was disobedient : I refused to attend my father to Uttoxeter market. Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault. I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bare-headed in the rain, on the spot where my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.
94 페이지 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.