Johnsoniana: Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, by Mrs. Piozzi, Richard Cumberland, Bishop Percy and Others, Together with the Diary of Dr. Campbell and Extracts from that of Madame D'ArblayG. Bell & sons, 1884 - 479 oldal |
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217. oldal
... took the chair at the head of a long table , and was the life and soul of the corps : the poet took post silently by his side with the Burkes , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Fitzherbert , Caleb Whitefoord and a phalanx of North- British pre ...
... took the chair at the head of a long table , and was the life and soul of the corps : the poet took post silently by his side with the Burkes , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Fitzherbert , Caleb Whitefoord and a phalanx of North- British pre ...
247. oldal
... took me by the hand , then sat down on a sofa , and mumbled out that he had heard two papers had appeared against him in the course of this week - one of which was- -that he was to go to Ireland next summer in order to abuse the ...
... took me by the hand , then sat down on a sofa , and mumbled out that he had heard two papers had appeared against him in the course of this week - one of which was- -that he was to go to Ireland next summer in order to abuse the ...
263. oldal
... took a lesson but one or two , my blind eyes showed me I could never make a proficiency . " Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray , he said there were but two good stanzas in all his works , viz . , the elegy . Boswell desirous of ...
... took a lesson but one or two , my blind eyes showed me I could never make a proficiency . " Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray , he said there were but two good stanzas in all his works , viz . , the elegy . Boswell desirous of ...
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MRS PIOZZIS ANECDOTES 3121 | 3 |
Mrs Piozzis account of the separation from Johnson | 8 |
His general character | 26 |
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