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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... hope , unalterable friend . " All that you have to fear from me is the vexation of disap- pointing me . No man loves to frustrate expectations which have been formed in his favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your ...
... hope , unalterable friend . " All that you have to fear from me is the vexation of disap- pointing me . No man loves to frustrate expectations which have been formed in his favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your ...
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... hope , that you will be here soon ; and am willing to think that it will be an inducement to your return , that it is sincerely desired by , dear Sir , your affec- tionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in ...
... hope , that you will be here soon ; and am willing to think that it will be an inducement to your return , that it is sincerely desired by , dear Sir , your affec- tionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in ...
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... hope of prevailing on him to sup with us at the Mitre . We found him indisposed , and resolved not to go abroad . Come , then , " said Goldsmith , we will not go to the Mitre to - night , since we cannot have the big man with us ...
... hope of prevailing on him to sup with us at the Mitre . We found him indisposed , and resolved not to go abroad . Come , then , " said Goldsmith , we will not go to the Mitre to - night , since we cannot have the big man with us ...
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... hope of any thing than of being able to improve our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Partney ' in a summer morning ; but this is no ...
... hope of any thing than of being able to improve our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Partney ' in a summer morning ; but this is no ...
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... hope , was peaceful ; it was surely happy . arise . Some money he put into the stocks ; at his death , the sum he had there amounted to one hundred and fifty pounds . He purchased out of his income his household furniture and linen , of ...
... hope , was peaceful ; it was surely happy . arise . Some money he put into the stocks ; at his death , the sum he had there amounted to one hundred and fifty pounds . He purchased out of his income his household furniture and linen , of ...
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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...