Boswell's Life of JohnsonScott, Foresman, 1923 - 563 oldal |
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... Sir , the way in which the ' Plan ' of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid ...
... Sir , the way in which the ' Plan ' of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid ...
37. oldal
... Lord Chesterfield . When Taylor observed this might be of an advantage , Johnson replied , " No , sir ; it would have come out with more bloom , if it had not been seen before by anybody . " Dr. Adams found him one day busy at his ...
... Lord Chesterfield . When Taylor observed this might be of an advantage , Johnson replied , " No , sir ; it would have come out with more bloom , if it had not been seen before by anybody . " Dr. Adams found him one day busy at his ...
51. oldal
... in them - keys , pencil , purse , or penknife , and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended , turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . " [ 1754 ] . Lord Chesterfield , ' to whom.
... in them - keys , pencil , purse , or penknife , and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended , turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . " [ 1754 ] . Lord Chesterfield , ' to whom.
52. oldal
... Lord Chesterfield . A retired diplomatist and statesman , fifteen years older than Johnson . He devoted himself without let or scruple to being diplomatic , cultivating equally a vice or a virtue in order to gain his ends . As Lord ...
... Lord Chesterfield . A retired diplomatist and statesman , fifteen years older than Johnson . He devoted himself without let or scruple to being diplomatic , cultivating equally a vice or a virtue in order to gain his ends . As Lord ...
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... Lord Chesterfield ; and , holding it as a well- known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back- stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem ...
... Lord Chesterfield ; and , holding it as a well- known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back- stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem ...
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acquaintance afterwards appeared April Ashbourne asked Beauclerk believe Bennet Langton better Birkbeck Hill Boswell's Brocklesby called character Chesterfield church consider conversation David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary dined dinner drinking England English Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honor hope Horace Walpole human humor imagination James Boswell John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh learned liberty Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lordship madam mankind manner mentioned mind morning nature never night observed occasion once opinion Pembroke College perhaps Piozzi pleased pleasure poet pounds praise Rambler recollect religion Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seemed servant Sir Joshua Reynolds soon Streatham suppose sure talk tell things thought Thrale tion told Topham Beauclerk truth Whig Wilkes William wine wish write wrote young