Samuel Johnson, Volume 47 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 4
Page 23
... club was one of the first necessities of life . In his Dictionary he defined it as an assembly of good fellows meeting under certain conditions ' . As early as 1749 he founded the Ivy Lane Club , where he would pass those hours in a ...
... club was one of the first necessities of life . In his Dictionary he defined it as an assembly of good fellows meeting under certain conditions ' . As early as 1749 he founded the Ivy Lane Club , where he would pass those hours in a ...
Page 33
... Club , or Mrs. Thrale's dining - table Boswell looked for instruction at least as much as for entertainment -indeed , he was slightly shocked whenever Johnson indulged his capacity for pure fun . At Corricatachin , for instance ...
... Club , or Mrs. Thrale's dining - table Boswell looked for instruction at least as much as for entertainment -indeed , he was slightly shocked whenever Johnson indulged his capacity for pure fun . At Corricatachin , for instance ...
Page 44
... CLUB PAPERS ( 1899 ) . Second Series 1920 . THE AGE OF JOHNSON , by T. Seccombe ( 1899 ) . THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY , by Sir J. A. H. Murray ( 1900 ) . THE READES OF BLACKWOOD HILL AND DR . JOHNSON'S ANCESTRY , by A. L. ...
... CLUB PAPERS ( 1899 ) . Second Series 1920 . THE AGE OF JOHNSON , by T. Seccombe ( 1899 ) . THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY , by Sir J. A. H. Murray ( 1900 ) . THE READES OF BLACKWOOD HILL AND DR . JOHNSON'S ANCESTRY , by A. L. ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according to nature Boswell's British Book BRITISH COUNCIL character CHARLES DICKENS Christian moralist Christopher Hollis Church Club criticism David Garrick delighted demonstrate the impermanence Dictionary Easter Edited by G. B. edition of Shakespeare editor elegant English English language entitled The Rambler essays ev'ry Falstaff famous Francis Barber G. B. Hill G. K. CHESTERTON Garrick Gibbon's 68th Chapter Goldsmith Grub Street hack-work HERBERT READ human Idler papers John Kathleen Raine language letters Lexicographer Lichfield literary Lives London LONGMANS Lycidas Matthew Arnold Milton mind NATIONAL BOOK LEAGUE Oxford passion play pleasure poem poet poetry prayers preserved in footnotes provoked QUEENEY R. W. Chapman Raasay Rasselas reader Reflect SAMUEL JOHNSON satire upon current Shakespeare syndicate of booksellers talk task than weekly Tatler and Johnson tests of truth Thrale toil vols Voyage to Abyssinia warm Till fame Whig writing written in imitation wrote young author panting