Johnson said, he had never heard of the book. Lord Eliot had it at Port Eliot; but, after a good deal of inquiry, procured a copy in London, and sent it to Johnson, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased... Studies in the Narrative Method of Defoe - Página 166por Arthur Wellesley Secord - 1924 - 248 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 páginas
...but was fo much pleafed : with it, that he fate up till he had read it through, and found in it fuch an .. air of truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity ; adding, with a fmile (in allufion to Lord Eliot's having recently been raifed to the peerage,) "... | |
| 1808 - 1016 páginas
...Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much, pleased with it, that he sat up till he read it through, and found in it such an air of truth, that he could not doubt its authenticity j adding, with a smile, in allusion to Lord Elhot's having been recently raised to... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...it to Johnson, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he had read it...truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, (in allusion to Lord Eliot's having recently been raised to the peerage,) '... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...it to Johnson, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he had read it...truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, (in allusion to Lord Eliot's having recently been raised to the peerage,) "... | |
| Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - 1808 - 516 páginas
...Reynolds, that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he read it through, and found in it such an air of truth, that he could not doubt its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, in allusion to Lord Elliot's having recently been raised to... | |
| Joseph Strutt - 1808 - 252 páginas
...going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he read it thiough,aiid found in it such an air of truth, that he could not doubt its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, in allusion to Lord Elliot's having been recently raised to... | |
| Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 páginas
...Johnson,, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pk-ased with it, that he sat up till he had read it through,...it such an air of 'truth, that he could not doubt its authenticity, adding with a smile, in allusion to Lord Elliot's having been lately raised to the... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 páginas
...Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that be sat up till he had read it through, and found in it...truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, (in allusion to Lord Eliot's having recently been raised to the peerage,) I... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 páginas
...Johuton, who told Sir Joshuu Reynolds that he was going to bed when it caiue, but was so much pleaded with it( that he sat up till he had read it through, and found iu it such an air of truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity ; adding, with a smile, (in... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 378 páginas
...it to Johnson, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he had read it...truth, that he could not doubt of its authenticity; adding, with a sinilo (in allusion to Lord Eliot's having recently J«en raised to the peerage), "... | |
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