The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Volumen11807 |
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... thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . " If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected ...
... thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . " If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected ...
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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 pro- duced the consequence expected . Let knowledge , 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 pro- duced the consequence expected . Let knowledge , therefore ...
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... thought he had already done his part as a writer . " I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not writ ten so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ...
... thought he had already done his part as a writer . " I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not writ ten so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ...
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... thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been able to read much , compared with others : for in- stance , he said he had not read much ...
... thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been able to read much , compared with others : for in- stance , he said he had not read much ...
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... thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . 66 Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , Sir , ( answered Johnson , ) not to Kings . " But fearing to be ...
... thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . 66 Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , Sir , ( answered Johnson , ) not to Kings . " But fearing to be ...
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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.