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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... receiving him , exclaimed , He will disturb us by his buffoonery ; ' and afterwards so managed matters , that he was never formally proposed , and , by consequence , nevei admitted . " 993 6 In justice both to Mr. Garrick and Dr ...
... receiving him , exclaimed , He will disturb us by his buffoonery ; ' and afterwards so managed matters , that he was never formally proposed , and , by consequence , nevei admitted . " 993 6 In justice both to Mr. Garrick and Dr ...
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... received from him . Indeed his liberality as to money was very remarkable . The next article in his diary is , " July 16th , I received seventy - five pounds . Lent Mr. Davies twenty- five . " Trinity College , Dublin , at this time ...
... received from him . Indeed his liberality as to money was very remarkable . The next article in his diary is , " July 16th , I received seventy - five pounds . Lent Mr. Davies twenty- five . " Trinity College , Dublin , at this time ...
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... receiving from the University of Dublin , I find none of which I have any personal knowledge but those of Dr. Andrews and yourself . He appears this year to have been seized with a ET . 56 . 11 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . Johnson's ...
... receiving from the University of Dublin , I find none of which I have any personal knowledge but those of Dr. Andrews and yourself . He appears this year to have been seized with a ET . 56 . 11 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . Johnson's ...
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... received with reverence . What he did as a commentator has no small share of merit , though his researches were not so ample , and his investigations so 1 Johnson was insensible to Churchill's abuse ; but the poem before mentioned had ...
... received with reverence . What he did as a commentator has no small share of merit , though his researches were not so ample , and his investigations so 1 Johnson was insensible to Churchill's abuse ; but the poem before mentioned had ...
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... received from the perusal of his Preface to " Shakspeare ; " which , although it excited much clamour against him at first , is now justly ranked among the most excellent of his writings , To this letter Johnson returned the following ...
... received from the perusal of his Preface to " Shakspeare ; " which , although it excited much clamour against him at first , is now justly ranked among the most excellent of his writings , To this letter Johnson returned the following ...
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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...