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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... wonder , Sir , you have not more plea- 66 1 These two little words may be observed as marks of Mr. Boswell's accuracy in reporting the expressions of his personages . It is a jocular Irish phrase , which , of all Johnson's acquaintances ...
... wonder , Sir , you have not more plea- 66 1 These two little words may be observed as marks of Mr. Boswell's accuracy in reporting the expressions of his personages . It is a jocular Irish phrase , which , of all Johnson's acquaintances ...
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... wonder . " He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ...
... wonder . " He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ...
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... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know anything of us . How- ever , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know anything of us . How- ever , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
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... wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three ...
... wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three ...
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... wonder that serious men should put themselves under the pro- tection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of themselves . For my own part , without affecting to be a Socrates , I am sure I have a ...
... wonder that serious men should put themselves under the pro- tection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of themselves . For my own part , without affecting to be a Socrates , I am sure I have a ...
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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...