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Life of Johnson - Volume 6

James Boswell

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Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in its efforts to represent Johnson as he was, celebrating his flaws as well as his genius, and in Boswell’s decision to represent Johnson primarily by quoting his writings and relating personal anecdotes rather than relying on matters of public record. From the time of its publication till now, The Life of Johnson has been one of the most popular and influential books ever written.

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. . .Hebrides, first talk of visiting the, i. 450; ii. 291; homme grave, ii. 3, n. 1; Horne Tooke, altercation with, iii. 354, n. 2; house in Edinburgh, his, iii. 155; v. 22, n. 2; Hume, intimacy with, ii. 59, n. 3, 437, n. 2; has memoirs of him, v. 30; humorous vein, v. 409; Hypochondriack, The, iv. 179, n. 5; hypochrondria, suffers from, i. 65, n. 1, 343; ii. 381, n. 1, 423; iii. 86-9, 215, 366, 418; iv. 379; pride in it, i. 65, n. 1; iii. 87, 421; 'hypocrisy of misery,' his, iv. 71; idleness, i. 465; imaginary ills: See FANCIES; imagination, should correct his, iii. 363; independency of spirit, v. 305; infidelity, his, in his youth, i. 404; says that 'it causes ennui,' ii. 442, n. 1; infidels, keeping company with, iii. 409; intellectual excesses, iii. 416; 'intoxicated not drunk,' ii. 436, n. 1: See below, WINE; Ireland, visits, ii. 156, n. 3; isthmus, compares himself to an, ii. 80; Italy, visits, ii. 11, 54;. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I might be too exhausted from reading the thing to write a proper review. Just holding it takes a toll on my sub-ganymedic upper body.

The first thing to note is that I'd much rather read more Boswell than read more of Johnson's letters. Boswell's writing is like that of eighteenth century philosoph

This is a book which is not about a thing but is the thing itself. I think there’s a complicated German philosophical term for that.

In the history books they will tell you Samuel Johnson is dead these 200 years, but I say No Sir. He’s alive, here, right here. He’s walking and talking and wringing t

When you major in what is called "English" at college, certain inconvenient figures present themselves. One is Ben Jonson who is inconvenient because it is so much more rewarding and taxing to spend your time on Shakespeare, although Jonson also was a major dramatist during Shakespeare's day.

Another

The Life of Samuel Johnson is many things: charming, witty, vivacious, absorbing, edifying, beautiful; part philosophy and part history, with some politics and religion on the side. It is ironic, then, that one of the few things it most definitely is not is a biography.

James Boswell was not intere

Whew! Nearly four months, already? The thing about insanely long books like this one (1300pp of tiny, tiny type!) is that if you have at most an hour or two to read each day, you really do live with them over time and they become almost a part of the family. You have your little spats with them, the

I recently included a "bucket book" in my line-up of books I am reading. These are books I really ought to have read by this time in my life, but which, alas, I have not. This book, The Life of Samuel Johnson, was the first in this roster that I have completed. Having done so, it continues to strike

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