Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen2Appleton, 1861 |
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... JOHNSON 13 Edinburgh Review . LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN 57 Edinburgh Review . NARES'S MEMOIRS OF LORD BURGHLEY . 109 Edinburgh Review . DUMONT'S RECOLLECTIONS OF MIRABEAU Edinburgh Review . LORD MAHON'S WAR OF THE SUCCESSION ...
... JOHNSON 13 Edinburgh Review . LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN 57 Edinburgh Review . NARES'S MEMOIRS OF LORD BURGHLEY . 109 Edinburgh Review . DUMONT'S RECOLLECTIONS OF MIRABEAU Edinburgh Review . LORD MAHON'S WAR OF THE SUCCESSION ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. E MACAULAY'S MISCELLANIES . CROKER'S EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. E MACAULAY'S MISCELLANIES . CROKER'S EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... Johnson dined , while travelling from London to Oxford , and which he , with characteristic energy , pronounced to be , " as bad as bad could be ; ill - fed , ill - killed , ill - kept , and ill - dressed . " That part of the volumes ...
... Johnson dined , while travelling from London to Oxford , and which he , with characteristic energy , pronounced to be , " as bad as bad could be ; ill - fed , ill - killed , ill - kept , and ill - dressed . " That part of the volumes ...
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... Johnson and Boswell talking of the same Derrick as still living and reigning , as having retrieved his character , as possessing so much power over his subjects at Bath , that his opposition might be fatal to Sheridan's lectures on ...
... Johnson and Boswell talking of the same Derrick as still living and reigning , as having retrieved his character , as possessing so much power over his subjects at Bath , that his opposition might be fatal to Sheridan's lectures on ...
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... Johnson's seventieth . * Johnson was born in 1709. If , therefore , Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's seventieth , she could have been only twenty - one years old in 1765. This is not all . Mr. Croker , in ...
... Johnson's seventieth . * Johnson was born in 1709. If , therefore , Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's seventieth , she could have been only twenty - one years old in 1765. This is not all . Mr. Croker , in ...
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Página 359 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.
Página 403 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth...
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Página 45 - is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat : this shows he has good principles.
Página 30 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all.
Página 396 - Fold it, and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies of powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade.
Página 379 - ... the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable.
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Página 55 - ... wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy form rolling ; we hear it puffing ; and then comes the
Página 24 - Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix.