Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1 |
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Page 151
... pleased to visit St. John's Gate , and show particular marks of their being pleased ' . ' There is no reason , I believe , to doubt the veracity of Cave . It is , however , remarkable , that none of these letters are in the years during ...
... pleased to visit St. John's Gate , and show particular marks of their being pleased ' . ' There is no reason , I believe , to doubt the veracity of Cave . It is , however , remarkable , that none of these letters are in the years during ...
Page 327
... pleased when I find that you , dear Sir , remember , ' Jan. 9 , 1758. ' SIR , Your affectionate , humble servant , ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' ' To MR . BURNEY , AT LYNNE , NORFOLK . ' YOUR kindness is so great , and my claim to any particular ...
... pleased when I find that you , dear Sir , remember , ' Jan. 9 , 1758. ' SIR , Your affectionate , humble servant , ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' ' To MR . BURNEY , AT LYNNE , NORFOLK . ' YOUR kindness is so great , and my claim to any particular ...
Page 470
... pleased if something better than a plain dinner was not prepared for him . I have heard him say on such an occa- sion , ' This was a good dinner enough , to be sure ; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to † . ' On the other hand , he ...
... pleased if something better than a plain dinner was not prepared for him . I have heard him say on such an occa- sion , ' This was a good dinner enough , to be sure ; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to † . ' On the other hand , he ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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