The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Volumen11807 |
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... honour 4 [ In a paper already mentioned , ( See vol . i . p . 70 and near the end of the year 1763 ) the following account of this publi cation is given by a lady well acquainted with Mrs. Williams : " As to her poems , she many years ...
... honour 4 [ In a paper already mentioned , ( See vol . i . p . 70 and near the end of the year 1763 ) the following account of this publi cation is given by a lady well acquainted with Mrs. Williams : " As to her poems , she many years ...
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... honour to promote his undertaking . " I am sorry that I delayed so long to write . " I am , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Aug. 13 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . ' ' The Rev. Mr. John Campbell ...
... honour to promote his undertaking . " I am sorry that I delayed so long to write . " I am , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Aug. 13 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . ' ' The Rev. Mr. John Campbell ...
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... honours which this world can bestow . I wish I could be useful to him . " The publication of my letter , if it could be of use in a cause to which all other causes are nothing , I should not prohibit . But first , I would have you to ...
... honours which this world can bestow . I wish I could be useful to him . " The publication of my letter , if it could be of use in a cause to which all other causes are nothing , I should not prohibit . But first , I would have you to ...
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... honour the translator as a man whom God has dis- tinguished by the high office of propagating his word . " I must take the liberty of engaging you in an office of charity . Mrs. Heely , the wife of Mr. Heely , who had lately some office ...
... honour the translator as a man whom God has dis- tinguished by the high office of propagating his word . " I must take the liberty of engaging you in an office of charity . Mrs. Heely , the wife of Mr. Heely , who had lately some office ...
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... honoured Ætat . 58 . by a private conversation with his Majesty , in the library at the Queen's house . He had ... honour of contributing his assistance to- wards the formation of this library ; for I have read a long letter from ...
... honoured Ætat . 58 . by a private conversation with his Majesty , in the library at the Queen's house . He had ... honour of contributing his assistance to- wards the formation of this library ; for I have read a long letter from ...
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Página 470 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Página 356 - 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.
Página 246 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Página 228 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
Página 49 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Página 74 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Página 191 - I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
Página 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Página 257 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Página 469 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.