 He cannot deny himself the vanity of finishing with the encomium of Dr. Johnson, whose friendly partiality to the companion of his tour represents him as one "whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners...  Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland - Pàgina 1per Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 412 pàginesPrevisualització limitada - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pàgines
...partiality to the companion of his Tour represents him as one ' whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation, and civility of...in countries less hospitable than we have passed'.' versant la Mediterranee sur de freles navires pour venir s'asseoir au foyer de la nationalite Corse,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pàgines
...undertake the journey, by finding in Mr Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed. On the eighteenth ef August... | |
 | 1807 - 750 pàgines
...friendly partiality to the companion of this tour represents him as one ' whose aculenets would help any inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation, and civility...in countries less hospitable than we have passed.' Frw of Mr. Boswell's friends can, I believe, add much to this honest • and candid confession. His... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pàgines
...undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Bos•wcll a companion, whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners...countries less hospitable than we have passed. On the 18th of August, we left Edinburgh, a. city too well known to admit description, and directed our course... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pàgines
...encomium of Dr. Johnson, whose friendly partiality to the companion of his Tour represents him as one, " whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety...civility of manners, are sufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed." Dr. Johnson thought it... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 534 pàgines
...partiality to the companion of this tour represents him as one ' whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation, and civility of manners, are sufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed'." His character in all... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pàgines
...whose friendly partiality to the companion of this tour represents him as one • whose jt HP ni • would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation,...travel, in countries less hospitable than we have pased." BOSWORTH, an ancient town of Leicestershire, with a market on Wednesdays. This place a famous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pàgines
...tiality to the companion of his Tour represents him as one, fe whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation, and civility of...in countries less hospitable than we have passed." Dr. Johnson thought it unnecessary to put himself to the additional expence of bringing with him Francis... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pàgines
...observed, " would help his enquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners, were sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hospitable than those they were to pass." He left London on the 6th of August ; and, passing through the cathedral... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 pàgines
...journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my enquiry, and whose gaity of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient...in countries less hospitable than we have passed. VOL. u. H On the 18th of August we left Edinburgh, a city toe well known to admit description, and... | |
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