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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... believe in shorthand writing Johnson's and Goldsmith's wit Their walk together 182 187-191 192-196 • 199 • 202 · 203 · 205 207 208 212 · 218 223 PAGE lay patronage Boswell elected a member of the Literary vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... believe in shorthand writing Johnson's and Goldsmith's wit Their walk together 182 187-191 192-196 • 199 • 202 · 203 · 205 207 208 212 · 218 223 PAGE lay patronage Boswell elected a member of the Literary vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... believe Dr. Johnson was mistaken in assigning so very low an origin to Mr. Thrale . The clerk of St. Albans , a very aged man , told me , that he ( the elder Thrale ) married a sister of Mr. Halsey . It is at least certain that the ...
... believe Dr. Johnson was mistaken in assigning so very low an origin to Mr. Thrale . The clerk of St. Albans , a very aged man , told me , that he ( the elder Thrale ) married a sister of Mr. Halsey . It is at least certain that the ...
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... believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not in- vented . Why , foolish fellow , " said Johnson , " has he any better authority for almost every thing that he believes ...
... believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not in- vented . Why , foolish fellow , " said Johnson , " has he any better authority for almost every thing that he believes ...
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... believe , and what , if true , would have been so very unfit to reveal . Mr. Thrale went away soon after , leaving me with him , and bidding me prevail on him to quit his close habitation in the court and come with us to Streatham ...
... believe , and what , if true , would have been so very unfit to reveal . Mr. Thrale went away soon after , leaving me with him , and bidding me prevail on him to quit his close habitation in the court and come with us to Streatham ...
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... believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , your affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO THE SAME . " Johnson's Court , Fleet Street , Oct. 24 , 1767 . " SIR , " I returned this ...
... believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , your affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO THE SAME . " Johnson's Court , Fleet Street , Oct. 24 , 1767 . " SIR , " I returned this ...
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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...