The Life of Samuel Johnson: Introduction by Claude RawsonKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015. nov. 24. - 1344 oldal One of the greatest and most compelling of all biographies in literature had its beginnings on a fateful day in London in 1763, when young James Boswell determinedly attached himself to the dominant literary figure of his age—the splendidly humane, devastatingly witty, often troubled Dr. Samuel Johnson. What followed was one of the most famous of literary friendships, one that Boswell carefully documented over the years and eventually made the basis of an extraordinarily vivid group portrait. |
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... occasion with his own writing-up: 'My record upon this occasion does great injustice to Johnson's expression, which was so forcible and brilliant, that Mr Cradock whispered me, “O that his words were written in a book!'” I don't know ...
... occasion, endeavour to shine, by which he often exposed himself', his 'incessant desire of being conspicuous in company, [which] was the occasion of his sometimes appearing to such disadvantage as one should hardly have supposed ...
... occasion, however, Boswell was embarrassed about parts of the conversation getting into print, and got some of it (dealing with the wives of both men) cancelled as late as February 1791. He wrote to Malone: 'I wonder how you and I ...
... occasion, '“do with him what you would, [Johnson] would always have been a bear.” “True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear.”' It is, incidentally, remarkable how frequently such tu quoques occur in ...
... occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications. I am, My dear Sir, Your much obliged friend, And faithful humble servant, JAMES BOSWELL. London ...