The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P. F. Collier and Son, 1900 |
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... common life , which he could not answer , nor have I found any one else who could . What is the reason that women servants , though obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants ...
... common life , which he could not answer , nor have I found any one else who could . What is the reason that women servants , though obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants ...
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... common there as any other butcher ; and that when he walks abroad all the dogs fall on him . JOHNSON : " That is not owing to his killing dogs , Sir . I remember a butcher at Lichfield , whom a dog , that was in the house where I lived ...
... common there as any other butcher ; and that when he walks abroad all the dogs fall on him . JOHNSON : " That is not owing to his killing dogs , Sir . I remember a butcher at Lichfield , whom a dog , that was in the house where I lived ...
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... common man is very little exasperated by the supposed usurpation of an acknowledged superior . He bears only his little share of a general evil , and suffers in common with the whole parish : but when the contest is between equals , the ...
... common man is very little exasperated by the supposed usurpation of an acknowledged superior . He bears only his little share of a general evil , and suffers in common with the whole parish : but when the contest is between equals , the ...
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... his soul . In the same manner it is a duty to instruct the ignorant , and of consequence to convert infidels to Christianity ; but no man in the common course ON THE TEACHING OF ERROR 99 37 of things is 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... his soul . In the same manner it is a duty to instruct the ignorant , and of consequence to convert infidels to Christianity ; but no man in the common course ON THE TEACHING OF ERROR 99 37 of things is 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... common , and that no man had a right to any thing but as he laid his hands upon it ; and that this still is , or ought to be , the rule amongst mankind . Here , Sir , you sap a great principle in society , property . And don't you think ...
... common , and that no man had a right to any thing but as he laid his hands upon it ; and that this still is , or ought to be , the rule amongst mankind . Here , Sir , you sap a great principle in society , property . And don't you think ...
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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.