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James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. 9890 B.E By James Boswell , Esq . IN THREE VOLS . - VOL . II . London Macmillan and Co. , Limited New York : The Macmillan Company THE NEW YORK PUBLIC L 560009 A ACE , L 1900.
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. 9890 B.E By James Boswell , Esq . IN THREE VOLS . - VOL . II . London Macmillan and Co. , Limited New York : The Macmillan Company THE NEW YORK PUBLIC L 560009 A ACE , L 1900.
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James Boswell. preface or dedication to a book upon short - hand , and he professed to write as fast as a man could speak . In order to try him , I took down a book , and read while he wrote ; and I favoured him , for I read more ...
James Boswell. preface or dedication to a book upon short - hand , and he professed to write as fast as a man could speak . In order to try him , I took down a book , and read while he wrote ; and I favoured him , for I read more ...
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James Boswell. JOHNSON ON THE FIDDLE 15 year . " JOHNSON : " That is indeed but little for a man to get , who does best that which so many endeavour to do . There is nothing , I think , in which the power of art is shewn so much as in ...
James Boswell. JOHNSON ON THE FIDDLE 15 year . " JOHNSON : " That is indeed but little for a man to get , who does best that which so many endeavour to do . There is nothing , I think , in which the power of art is shewn so much as in ...
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James Boswell. kill himself ; when once the resolution is taken , he has nothing to fear . He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose , at the head of his army . He cannot fear the rack , who is resolved to kill himself ...
James Boswell. kill himself ; when once the resolution is taken , he has nothing to fear . He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose , at the head of his army . He cannot fear the rack , who is resolved to kill himself ...
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James Boswell. JOHNSON'S STUDIES 47 bodily and mental distress , he was still animated with the desire of intellectual improvement.1 Various notes of his studies appear on different days , in his manuscript diary of this year ; such as ...
James Boswell. JOHNSON'S STUDIES 47 bodily and mental distress , he was still animated with the desire of intellectual improvement.1 Various notes of his studies appear on different days , in his manuscript diary of this year ; such as ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards appear Ashbourne asked Auchinleck Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe booksellers BOSWELL TO DR character Church compliments consider conversation Court of Session Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Doctor of Medicine Dodd doubt Edinburgh eminent England English Erse favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John journey judge King lady Langton language learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Hailes's Lord Monboddo Madam manner mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets reason recollect remark Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale told truth Whig Wilkes wish wonderful write written wrote
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Página 364 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 196 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 96 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Página 368 - Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Página 112 - I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation, that if I should write but a page a day, at the same rate, I should, in ten years, write nine volumes in folio, of an ordinary size and print.
Página 128 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 28 - Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale.
Página 426 - ' Yes, Sir, one of the best." BOSWELL. " Tillotson ?" JOHNSON. " Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of objecting to what has been applauded by so many suffrages. — South is one of the best, if you except his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes coarseness of language.
Página 61 - He died of a fever, made, I am afraid, more violent by uneasiness of mind. His debts began to be heavy, and all his resources were exhausted. Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds. Was ever poet so trusted before...
Página 443 - by doing so, you would do what would be of importance in raising your children to eminence. There would be a lustre reflected upon them from your spirit and curiosity. They would be at all times regarded as the children of a man who had gone to view the wall of China. I am serious, sir.