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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... thought , and more addicted to wine and meat . " And next morning he thus feelingly complains : - " My indolence ... thoughts have been clouded with sensu- ality ; and , except that from the beginning of this year I have , in some ...
... thought , and more addicted to wine and meat . " And next morning he thus feelingly complains : - " My indolence ... thoughts have been clouded with sensu- ality ; and , except that from the beginning of this year I have , in some ...
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... thought your- selves so much above us ; for your trading , forsooth , is extended no farther than a load of hay , or a fat ox . You are pleasant people indeed ! because you are generally bred up lazy , therefore , I warrant you ...
... thought your- selves so much above us ; for your trading , forsooth , is extended no farther than a load of hay , or a fat ox . You are pleasant people indeed ! because you are generally bred up lazy , therefore , I warrant you ...
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... thought Johnson should not disdain to contend . I pressed him to answer . He said , he perhaps might ; but he never did . Mr. Burney having occasion to write to Johnson for some receipts for subscriptions to his " Shakspeare , " which ...
... thought Johnson should not disdain to contend . I pressed him to answer . He said , he perhaps might ; but he never did . Mr. Burney having occasion to write to Johnson for some receipts for subscriptions to his " Shakspeare , " which ...
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... thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires fa- culties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . " If , therefore , the profession you have chosen has some unex ...
... thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires fa- culties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . " If , therefore , the profession you have chosen has some unex ...
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... thought more subtle than the grossness of real life will easily admit . Let it , however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance has long been tried , and has not produced the consequence expected . Let know- ledge , therefore ...
... thought more subtle than the grossness of real life will easily admit . Let it , however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance has long been tried , and has not produced the consequence expected . Let know- ledge , therefore ...
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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...