The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 33
Página 22
... doctor happening to go out into the garden , Mr. Doddington observed to him , on his return , that it was a dreadful night , as in truth it was , there being a violent storm of rain and wind , " No , Sir , " replied the doctor , " it is ...
... doctor happening to go out into the garden , Mr. Doddington observed to him , on his return , that it was a dreadful night , as in truth it was , there being a violent storm of rain and wind , " No , Sir , " replied the doctor , " it is ...
Página 35
... Doctor has pretty plainly made him out to be both rogue and fool . ” 66 97 Johnson's profound reverence for the hierarchy made him expect from bishops the highest degree of decorum ; he was offended even at their going to taverns : " A ...
... Doctor has pretty plainly made him out to be both rogue and fool . ” 66 97 Johnson's profound reverence for the hierarchy made him expect from bishops the highest degree of decorum ; he was offended even at their going to taverns : " A ...
Página 40
... Doctor Johnson add to his other powers a little corporeal agility ? Socrates learnt to dance at an advanced age , and Cato learnt Greek at an advanced age . Then it might proceed to say , that this Johnson , not content with dancing on ...
... Doctor Johnson add to his other powers a little corporeal agility ? Socrates learnt to dance at an advanced age , and Cato learnt Greek at an advanced age . Then it might proceed to say , that this Johnson , not content with dancing on ...
Página 63
... doctor made no entry in any book of the subscriber's name , ventured diffi- dently to ask whether he would please to have the gentle- man's address , that it might be properly inserted in the printed list of subscribers . ' I shall ...
... doctor made no entry in any book of the subscriber's name , ventured diffi- dently to ask whether he would please to have the gentle- man's address , that it might be properly inserted in the printed list of subscribers . ' I shall ...
Página 84
... Doctor was so sensible of the honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest portion of modesty , but must be flattered ...
... Doctor was so sensible of the honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest portion of modesty , but must be flattered ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acknowl acquaintance admirable answer appeared Ashbourne asthma attention believe Bennet Langton Bishop Bolt Court Brocklesby Burney character church conversation Croker dear Sir death Dictionary died dined Doctor dropsy edition eminent English entertained Essay Fanny Burney favour Francis Barber gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give happy History honour Hoole hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL kind lady Langton late letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord lordship LUCY PORTER Madam Malone manner Memoirs mentioned merit mind Miss never Notes observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College person physicians pleased pleasure poem Poets portrait pounds prayers published received recollect respect Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland seems Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds Strahan suppose talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Trans translation verses William Windham wish write written wrote young
Pasajes populares
Página 47 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 1 - HISTORY OF NEW YORK, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Página 303 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 493 - History of the Jesuits : their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs. 8 Portraits. PETRARCH'S Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems, in English Verse. With Life by Thomas Campbell. Portrait and 15 Steel Engravings. PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution ; with AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN. By Dr. Hall. Map of the World and 12 coloured Plates PICTORIAL HANDBOOK OF Modern Geography on a Popular Plan.
Página 6 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Página 493 - CARPENTER'S (Dr. WB) Zoology, A Systematic View of the Structure, Habits, Instincts, and Uses of the principal Families of the Animal Kingdom, and of the chief Forms of Fossil Remains. Revised by WS Dallas, FLS Numerous Woodcuts. 2 vols. 6s. each. — Mechanical Philosophy, Astronomy, and Horology. A Popular Exposition. 181 Woodcuts. i8 BOHN'S LIBRARIES. CARPENTER'S Works.— < Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany.
Página 493 - STARLING'S (Miss) Noble Deeds of Women ; or, Examples of Female Courage, Fortitude, and Virtue. With 14 Steel Portraits.
Página 493 - BOETHIUS'S Consolation of Philosophy. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of. With an English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.
Página 493 - II.— History of the Revolt in the Netherlands, the Trials of Counts Egmont and Horn, the Siege of Antwerp, and the Disturbances in France preceding the Reign of Henry IV.
Página 493 - LOGIC, or the Science of Inference. A Popular Manual. By J. Devey. MILLER (Professor). History Philosophically Illustrated, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution. With Memoir. 4 vols.