The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P. F. Collier and Son, 1900 |
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... language of our sacred book to ordinary subjects may tend to lessen our reverence for it . If therefore it be introduced at all , it should be with very great caution . On Thursday , April 8 , I sat a good part of the evening with him ...
... language of our sacred book to ordinary subjects may tend to lessen our reverence for it . If therefore it be introduced at all , it should be with very great caution . On Thursday , April 8 , I sat a good part of the evening with him ...
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... Language and Uni- versal Grammar , written , says Coleridge , " with the precision of Aristotle and the elegance of Quintilian . " In 1761 he entered Parliament as Member for Christchurch , which seat he retained until his death . He ...
... Language and Uni- versal Grammar , written , says Coleridge , " with the precision of Aristotle and the elegance of Quintilian . " In 1761 he entered Parliament as Member for Christchurch , which seat he retained until his death . He ...
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... language , the application of the epithets suggested by me is the most obvious ; and accordingly my friend him- self , in his imitation of the passage which describes Xerxes , has " The waves he lashes , and enchains the wind . " The ...
... language , the application of the epithets suggested by me is the most obvious ; and accordingly my friend him- self , in his imitation of the passage which describes Xerxes , has " The waves he lashes , and enchains the wind . " The ...
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... language is nearer to English ; as a proof of which , they succeed very well as players , which Scotchmen do not . Then , Sir , they have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . I will do you , Boswell , the justice ...
... language is nearer to English ; as a proof of which , they succeed very well as players , which Scotchmen do not . Then , Sir , they have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . I will do you , Boswell , the justice ...
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... language . " ( Prayers and Meditations , p . 129. ) It is to be observed that he here admits an opinion of the human mind being influenced by seasons , which he ridicules in his writings . His progress , he says , was interrupted by a ...
... language . " ( Prayers and Meditations , p . 129. ) It is to be observed that he here admits an opinion of the human mind being influenced by seasons , which he ridicules in his writings . His progress , he says , was interrupted by a ...
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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.