The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, المجلد 9J. Murray, 1835 |
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... fellow who has in his care the lives of thousands , when he begs his papa permission to be married , and con- fesses his inability to decide in a matter which con- cerns no man's happiness but his own ? " 66 Mr. Johnson caught me ...
... fellow who has in his care the lives of thousands , when he begs his papa permission to be married , and con- fesses his inability to decide in a matter which con- cerns no man's happiness but his own ? " 66 Mr. Johnson caught me ...
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... fellow shall have strange credit given him , if he can but recollect striking passages from different books , keep the authors separate in his head , and bring his stock of knowledge artfully into play . How else , " added he , " do the ...
... fellow shall have strange credit given him , if he can but recollect striking passages from different books , keep the authors separate in his head , and bring his stock of knowledge artfully into play . How else , " added he , " do the ...
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... fellows that eat frogs ? " ( 1 ) 20. Greek . " " from I have often thought Dr. Johnson more free than prudent , in professing so loudly his little skill in the Greek language ( 2 ) : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow ...
... fellows that eat frogs ? " ( 1 ) 20. Greek . " " from I have often thought Dr. Johnson more free than prudent , in professing so loudly his little skill in the Greek language ( 2 ) : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow ...
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... fellow has done wonders . " His superior reverence of Dryden , notwithstanding , still ap- peared in his talk as in his writings ; and when some one mentioned the ridicule thrown on him in the " Re- hearsal , " as having hurt his ...
... fellow has done wonders . " His superior reverence of Dryden , notwithstanding , still ap- peared in his talk as in his writings ; and when some one mentioned the ridicule thrown on him in the " Re- hearsal , " as having hurt his ...
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... fellows know not how to blame , nor how to commend . " I forced him one day , in a similar humour , to prefer Young's description of night to the so much admired ones of Dryden and Shakspeare , as more forcible , and more general ...
... fellows know not how to blame , nor how to commend . " I forced him one day , in a similar humour , to prefer Young's description of night to the so much admired ones of Dryden and Shakspeare , as more forcible , and more general ...
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acquaintance ANECDOTES OF DR answer antè asked believe better Bolt Court Boswell Brocklesby Burke Burney called character commended conversation dear death delight desired dinner Doctor dress Edmund Burke expressed eyes familiar chat favour favourite fear fellow Frank Barber Garrick gentleman George Psalmanazar give hand hated Hawkins hear heard heart honour Hoole hope human humour Jeremiah Markland knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield lived look Lord loved Lucy Porter Madam manner Markland mentioned mind morning nature never observed occasion once opinion perhaps person pleasure Poets praise recollect remember repeated replied Samuel Johnson Sastres says Johnson seemed Shakspeare Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds speak story Strahan Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told took truth verses virtue Whig Whiggism wife wished words write young
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الصفحة 19 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
الصفحة 205 - Tis real good, or seeming, moves them all : But since not every good we can divide ; And reason bids us for our own provide : Passions, though selfish, if their means be fair, List under Reason, and deserve her care ; Those, that imparted, court a nobler aim, Exalt their kind, and take some virtue's name.
الصفحة 11 - Suppose, Sir, that the angel of this auspicious youth, foreseeing the many virtues which made him one of the most amiable, as he is one of the most fortunate, men of his age, had opened to him in vision, that when in the fourth generation the third prince of the House of Brunswick had sat twelve years on the throne...
الصفحة 12 - If amidst these bright and happy scenes of domestic honour and prosperity, that angel should have drawn up the curtain, and unfolded the rising glories of his country, and whilst he was gazing with admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body, and should tell him, ' Young man, there is America...
الصفحة 11 - Mr. Speaker, I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration. It is good for us to be here. We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds, indeed, and darkness, rest upon the future.
الصفحة 326 - Adams had contrived a very pretty piece of gallantry. We spent the day and evening at his house. After dinner Johnson begged to conduct me to see the College; he would let no one show it me but himself. 'This was my room; this Shenstone's.
الصفحة 122 - Visitors are no proper companions in the chamber of sickness. They come when I could sleep or read, they stay till I am weary, they force me to attend when my mind calls for relaxation, and to speak when my powers will hardly actuate my tongue. The...
الصفحة 85 - Johnson, amazed at his odd frankness), I thought had been a secret between you and me ; and I am sure I would not have said any thing about it for the world.
الصفحة 70 - See the jockey, see the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high, What are acres? What are houses?
الصفحة 4 - some general principles of every science; he who can talk only on one subject, or act only in one department, is seldom wanted, and perhaps never wished for; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit and always please.