Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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7. oldal
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's3 ; and he was much pleased with the conscien- tious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's3 ; and he was much pleased with the conscien- tious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
21. oldal
... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as foolish . " , Cradock's ...
... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as foolish . " , Cradock's ...
27. oldal
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year3 . He said , ' I am 1 Cheyne's English Malady , or a Treatise of ...
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year3 . He said , ' I am 1 Cheyne's English Malady , or a Treatise of ...
28. oldal
... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson ' , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson ' , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
41. oldal
... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
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