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" It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his Letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ... - Página 279
por James Boswell - 1835
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Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volume 5

James Boswell - 1901 - 372 páginas
...supposed that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1852 - 344 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches...
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Life of Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1904 - 726 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignityputs himself in his power ; he is either repelled with helpless...
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Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton

Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 páginas
...his conversation, 134 what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of famili- >v arity with the Great, an ambition of momentary equality...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power : he is either repelled with helpless...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1910 - 548 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power ; he is either repelled with helpless...
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