The Life of Samuel Johnson: March 19, 1776-Dec. 13, 1784I. Pitman & Sons, 1907 - 1172 páginas |
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... common room . JOHNSON : " They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence ...
... common room . JOHNSON : " They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence ...
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... common estate . Why then should a natural son complain that a younger brother , same parents lawfully begotten , gets it ? The operation of law is similar Besides , an illegitimate son , who has a younger legitimate brother same father ...
... common estate . Why then should a natural son complain that a younger brother , same parents lawfully begotten , gets it ? The operation of law is similar Besides , an illegitimate son , who has a younger legitimate brother same father ...
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... common : to his indistinct account of which Dr. Johnson listened with patient attention , that he might assist him with his advice . Here was an instance of genuine humanity and real kindness in this great man , who has been most ...
... common : to his indistinct account of which Dr. Johnson listened with patient attention , that he might assist him with his advice . Here was an instance of genuine humanity and real kindness in this great man , who has been most ...
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... common place of collection in England , except London , where , from its great size and diffusion , many of those who reside in contiguous counties of England may long remain unknown to each other . " [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards ...
... common place of collection in England , except London , where , from its great size and diffusion , many of those who reside in contiguous counties of England may long remain unknown to each other . " [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards ...
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... common remark that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expenses ...
... common remark that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expenses ...
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Página 585 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 950 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Página 717 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 646 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Página 942 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 562 - Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second.
Página 950 - Tis that which we all see and know." Any one. better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Página 848 - Poor stuff! No Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 582 - It is rarely well executed. They only who live with a man can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination ; and few people who have lived with a man know what to remark about him.
Página 752 - Johnson should forbid me to drink tea, I would comply, as I should feel the restraint only twice a day; but little variations in narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching.' JOHNSON. 'Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.