...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...letters are lost; but Mr. Hector recollects his writing ‘that the poet had described the dull sameness of his existence in these words, “Vi- tam conti... ... ludicrous, when applied to a woman of her age and appearance. Mr. Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protube... ...bsolutely necessary to live upon the same scale with that which his friend described, when the value of money was diminished by the progress of commer... ...a smile of ridicule. ‘Why yes, Sir, it is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals... ...pen to attend when he whips his horses, I may feel unpleas- antly that the animals are put to pain, but I do not wish him to desist. No, Sir, I wish h... ...ee his apart- ment, we went in and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil. On Saturday, Apri...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...