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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... , in which preferment he succeeded his father . He was a member of Trinity College , Cambridge . He died in 1792 , aged sixty - nine.- Croker . 66 " He drank his large potations of tea with ET . 55 . 9 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 1765.
... , in which preferment he succeeded his father . He was a member of Trinity College , Cambridge . He died in 1792 , aged sixty - nine.- Croker . 66 " He drank his large potations of tea with ET . 55 . 9 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 1765.
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... died in 1785.— Wright . 2 The same who has contributed some notes to this work , and the elder brother of my earliest literary friend Dr. John Kearney , sometime Provost of Dublin College , and afterwards Bishop of Ossory . Both the ...
... died in 1785.— Wright . 2 The same who has contributed some notes to this work , and the elder brother of my earliest literary friend Dr. John Kearney , sometime Provost of Dublin College , and afterwards Bishop of Ossory . Both the ...
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... died in 1704 , aged 54 , Margaret his wife , and three of their children who died young , between the years 1676 and 1690. The arms upon this monument are , paly of eight , gules and or , impaling , ermine , on a chief indented vert ...
... died in 1704 , aged 54 , Margaret his wife , and three of their children who died young , between the years 1676 and 1690. The arms upon this monument are , paly of eight , gules and or , impaling , ermine , on a chief indented vert ...
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... died . In his Preface to " Shakspeare , " Johnson treated Voltaire very contemptuously , observing , upon some of his remarks , " These are the petty cavils of petty minds . " Voltaire , in revenge , made an attack upon Johnson , in one ...
... died . In his Preface to " Shakspeare , " Johnson treated Voltaire very contemptuously , observing , upon some of his remarks , " These are the petty cavils of petty minds . " Voltaire , in revenge , made an attack upon Johnson , in one ...
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... died Sept. 14 , 1772. A more particular account of this gentleman may be found in a Note on the Life of Dryden , p . 186 , prefixed to the edition of that great writer's Prose works , in four volumes , 8vo . , 1800 : in which his ...
... died Sept. 14 , 1772. A more particular account of this gentleman may be found in a Note on the Life of Dryden , p . 186 , prefixed to the edition of that great writer's Prose works , in four volumes , 8vo . , 1800 : in which his ...
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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...