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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... wish for Johnson's conversa- tion , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse ...
... wish for Johnson's conversa- tion , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse ...
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... wish for some repre- sentation of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or my Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and ...
... wish for some repre- sentation of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or my Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and ...
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... Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and This rests on ...
... Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and This rests on ...
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... Wishes ' in a day . Doctor , " turning to Goldsmith , " I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made no more . " GOLDSMITH . " Let us hear it : we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON . ' No , Sir ; I have forgot it ...
... Wishes ' in a day . Doctor , " turning to Goldsmith , " I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made no more . " GOLDSMITH . " Let us hear it : we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON . ' No , Sir ; I have forgot it ...
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... wish you were in my new study : I am now writing the first letter in it . I think it looks very pretty about me.3 66 4 ' Dyer is constant at THE CLUB ; Hawkins is remiss ; I am not over diligent ; Dr. Nugent , Dr. Goldsmith , and Mr ...
... wish you were in my new study : I am now writing the first letter in it . I think it looks very pretty about me.3 66 4 ' Dyer is constant at THE CLUB ; Hawkins is remiss ; I am not over diligent ; Dr. Nugent , Dr. Goldsmith , and Mr ...
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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...