The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... asked me , could I see the length of the Garden ? No , Sir . ' [ Mr. Whyte was short - sighted . ] Take out your opera - glass , Johnson is coming ; you may know him by his gait . ' perceived him at a good distance , working along with ...
... asked me , could I see the length of the Garden ? No , Sir . ' [ Mr. Whyte was short - sighted . ] Take out your opera - glass , Johnson is coming ; you may know him by his gait . ' perceived him at a good distance , working along with ...
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... asked , should there not be rank and honours , upon principles which , independent of long custom , are certainly not less worthy , and which , when once allowed to be connected with elevation and precedency , would obtain the same ...
... asked , should there not be rank and honours , upon principles which , independent of long custom , are certainly not less worthy , and which , when once allowed to be connected with elevation and precedency , would obtain the same ...
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... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently attached to great men , and yet independent . You are not to do what you think wrong ...
... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently attached to great men , and yet independent . You are not to do what you think wrong ...
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... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I ...
... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I ...
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... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
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Página 314 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." I argued warmly against the Judges trading, and mentioned Hale as an instance of a perfect Judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JOHNSON. " Hale, Sir, attended to other things besides law : he left a great estate.
Página 24 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and...