Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... while I am seeking for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , much paper . I do not despair of making an end . ” EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... while I am seeking for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , much paper . I do not despair of making an end . ” EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
Pàgina xxxi
... sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him . At a dinnertable he would , in a fit of absence , stoop down and twitch off a lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the ...
... sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him . At a dinnertable he would , in a fit of absence , stoop down and twitch off a lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the ...
Pàgina xxxiv
... sometimes glad to obtain , by pawning his best coat , the means of dining on tripe at a cook - shop underground , where he could wipe his hands , after his greasy meal , on the back of a Newfoundland dog . It is easy , therefore , to ...
... sometimes glad to obtain , by pawning his best coat , the means of dining on tripe at a cook - shop underground , where he could wipe his hands , after his greasy meal , on the back of a Newfoundland dog . It is easy , therefore , to ...
Pàgina xlix
... sometimes propounded such questions as , “ What would you do , sir , if you were locked up in a tower with a baby ? ” Johnson was a water drinker and Boswell was a winebibber , and indeed little better than a habitual sot . It was ...
... sometimes propounded such questions as , “ What would you do , sir , if you were locked up in a tower with a baby ? ” Johnson was a water drinker and Boswell was a winebibber , and indeed little better than a habitual sot . It was ...
Pàgina l
... sometimes to Bath , and sometimes to Brighton , once to Wales and once to Paris . But he had at the same time a house in one of the narrow and gloomy courts on the north of Fleet Street . In his garrets was his library , a large and ...
... sometimes to Bath , and sometimes to Brighton , once to Wales and once to Paris . But he had at the same time a house in one of the narrow and gloomy courts on the north of Fleet Street . In his garrets was his library , a large and ...
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