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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... seems to exonerate Mrs. Piozzi from deliberate misrepresentation , and also exhibits Johnson's conduct in a more amiable light . " When Garrick was talked of as a candidate for admission into the Literary Club- If he does apply , ' says ...
... seems to exonerate Mrs. Piozzi from deliberate misrepresentation , and also exhibits Johnson's conduct in a more amiable light . " When Garrick was talked of as a candidate for admission into the Literary Club- If he does apply , ' says ...
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... seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement ... seems something of the same kind . Dr. Fisher , Master of the Charter House , told me , that in walking on the ...
... seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement ... seems something of the same kind . Dr. Fisher , Master of the Charter House , told me , that in walking on the ...
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... seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . Good Lord , deliver me ! " 1 No man was more gratefully sensible of any kindness done to him than Johnson . There is a ...
... seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . Good Lord , deliver me ! " 1 No man was more gratefully sensible of any kindness done to him than Johnson . There is a ...
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... seem that he was so busily employed with his edition of Shakspeare , as to have had little leisure for any other literary exertion , or , indeed , even for private correspondence . He did not favour me with a single letter for more than ...
... seem that he was so busily employed with his edition of Shakspeare , as to have had little leisure for any other literary exertion , or , indeed , even for private correspondence . He did not favour me with a single letter for more than ...
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... be doubted . The Traveller is a poem which , in a peculiar degree , seems written from the personal observation and feelings of its author . - Croker . Luke . When it was quelled , George , not 24 1766 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... be doubted . The Traveller is a poem which , in a peculiar degree , seems written from the personal observation and feelings of its author . - Croker . Luke . When it was quelled , George , not 24 1766 . 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...