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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... remarkable love of company , to be entirely averse_to society , the most fatal symptom of that malady . Dr. Adams told me , that , as an old friend , he was admitted to visit him , and that he found him in a deplorable state , sighing ...
... remarkable love of company , to be entirely averse_to society , the most fatal symptom of that malady . Dr. Adams told me , that , as an old friend , he was admitted to visit him , and that he found him in a deplorable state , sighing ...
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... remarkable , and show that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits . " Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably spent , and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory ...
... remarkable , and show that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits . " Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably spent , and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory ...
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... remarkable was the liberality with which he used his riches . He gave his son and daughters the best education . The esteem which his good conduct procured him from the nobleman who had married his master's daughter , made him be ...
... remarkable was the liberality with which he used his riches . He gave his son and daughters the best education . The esteem which his good conduct procured him from the nobleman who had married his master's daughter , made him be ...
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... remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden . He , indeed , furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race : " " - " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er ...
... remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden . He , indeed , furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race : " " - " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er ...
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... remarkable use of these words , attributed to Cicero , by Servius and Donatus : the expressions of the latter are conclusive in Mr. Boswell's favour : - " At cum Cicero quosdam versus ( Virgilii ) audisset , in fine ait : Magnæ spes ...
... remarkable use of these words , attributed to Cicero , by Servius and Donatus : the expressions of the latter are conclusive in Mr. Boswell's favour : - " At cum Cicero quosdam versus ( Virgilii ) audisset , in fine ait : Magnæ spes ...
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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...