Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 páginas |
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... scarcely speak . Before he was three he had insisted on being taken to hear Sacheverell preach at Lichfield Cathe- dral , and had listened to the sermon with as much respect , and probably with as much intelligence , as any ...
... scarcely speak . Before he was three he had insisted on being taken to hear Sacheverell preach at Lichfield Cathe- dral , and had listened to the sermon with as much respect , and probably with as much intelligence , as any ...
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... scarcely any compliment not acidulated with scorn . 30 Yet the two Lichfield men had so many early recollections in common , and sympathised with each other on so many points on which they sympathised with nobody else in the vast popu ...
... scarcely any compliment not acidulated with scorn . 30 Yet the two Lichfield men had so many early recollections in common , and sympathised with each other on so many points on which they sympathised with nobody else in the vast popu ...
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... scarcely a Teutonic language ; and thus he was absolutely at the mercy 5 of Junius and Skinner . 29. The Dictionary , though it raised Johnson's fame , added nothing to his pecuniary means . The fifteen hundred guineas which the ...
... scarcely a Teutonic language ; and thus he was absolutely at the mercy 5 of Junius and Skinner . 29. The Dictionary , though it raised Johnson's fame , added nothing to his pecuniary means . The fifteen hundred guineas which the ...
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... scarcely be called his . An allu- sion to his Rambler or his Idler is not readily apprehended in literary circles . The fame even of Rasselas has grown some- 25 what dim . But , though the celebrity of the writings may have declined ...
... scarcely be called his . An allu- sion to his Rambler or his Idler is not readily apprehended in literary circles . The fame even of Rasselas has grown some- 25 what dim . But , though the celebrity of the writings may have declined ...
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... scarcely of themselves have suf- ficed to make him conspicuous ; but , because he was a dunce , a parasite , and a coxcomb , they have made him immortal . 25 5. Those parts of his book which , considered abstractedly , are most utterly ...
... scarcely of themselves have suf- ficed to make him conspicuous ; but , because he was a dunce , a parasite , and a coxcomb , they have made him immortal . 25 5. Those parts of his book which , considered abstractedly , are most utterly ...
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Página 85 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 84 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Página 84 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Página 45 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Página 50 - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, .the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...
Página 65 - Sir, that is all visionary. I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Sir, the danger of the abuse of power is nothing to a private man. What Frenchman is prevented passing his life as he pleases? ' SIR ADAM : ' But, sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.
Página 83 - An author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue;' and Numbers 44 and 100, by Mrs.
Página 8 - Hervey," said the old philosopher many years later, " was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him.
Página 84 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 73 - All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks.