Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1. kötetTimes Book Club, 1912 |
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ix. oldal
... pleasure , to excite interest , to banish solitude , to make the fireside more attractive than the tavern , to give joy to those who are still capable of joy , and - why should we not admit it ? —to drug sorrow and divert thought ...
... pleasure , to excite interest , to banish solitude , to make the fireside more attractive than the tavern , to give joy to those who are still capable of joy , and - why should we not admit it ? —to drug sorrow and divert thought ...
x. oldal
... pleasure in Calverley's famous Imaginary Examination Paper on Pickwick . It made me uneasy , since it showed dull fools how the thing might be done in deadly earnest . There is perhaps no book in the whole range of English literature so ...
... pleasure in Calverley's famous Imaginary Examination Paper on Pickwick . It made me uneasy , since it showed dull fools how the thing might be done in deadly earnest . There is perhaps no book in the whole range of English literature so ...
xiii. oldal
... pleasure of the kind I am referring to can be obtained , and Boswell's Johnson is full of such pleasure - giving , such fancy - stirring passages , reveal- ing to us the actual life of man . Though it would be ridiculous to profess to ...
... pleasure of the kind I am referring to can be obtained , and Boswell's Johnson is full of such pleasure - giving , such fancy - stirring passages , reveal- ing to us the actual life of man . Though it would be ridiculous to profess to ...
xxv. oldal
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
xxvii. oldal
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratification . — I am , my dear sir , your much obliged friend , and faithful humble servant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL ...
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratification . — I am , my dear sir , your much obliged friend , and faithful humble servant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL ...
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