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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... King James I. of Scotland . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village , " which are only the last four : - " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , As ...
... King James I. of Scotland . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village , " which are only the last four : - " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , As ...
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... King , of Gwyn's " London and Westminster Improved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the pieces , which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in ...
... King , of Gwyn's " London and Westminster Improved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the pieces , which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in ...
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... King George the Second , which still more clearly explains the state of his intellect . He talks , amidst a great deal of scandalous extra- vagance , of " the hideous subject of his mental excruciation , " and com- plains that his ...
... King George the Second , which still more clearly explains the state of his intellect . He talks , amidst a great deal of scandalous extra- vagance , of " the hideous subject of his mental excruciation , " and com- plains that his ...
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... , giving the most masterly instructions on the subject . I wished much to have gratified my readers with the perusal of this letter , the time which the King had employed . Mr. Barnard 50 1767 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... , giving the most masterly instructions on the subject . I wished much to have gratified my readers with the perusal of this letter , the time which the King had employed . Mr. Barnard 50 1767 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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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...