The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P. F. Collier and Son, 1900 |
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... question of some difficulty . A Scripture expression may be used , like a highly classical phrase , to produce an instantaneous strong impression ; and it may be done without being at all im- proper . Yet I own there is danger , that ...
... question of some difficulty . A Scripture expression may be used , like a highly classical phrase , to produce an instantaneous strong impression ; and it may be done without being at all im- proper . Yet I own there is danger , that ...
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... question to him upon a fact in 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 ...
... question to him upon a fact in 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 ...
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... question , when considered with respect to the House of Stuart . To oblige people to take oaths as to the disputed right , is wrong . I know not whether I could take them : but I do not blame those who do . " So conscientious and so ...
... question , when considered with respect to the House of Stuart . To oblige people to take oaths as to the disputed right , is wrong . I know not whether I could take them : but I do not blame those who do . " So conscientious and so ...
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... question whether one man is lessened by another's acquiring an equal degree of knowledge with him . Johnson asserted the affirmative . I maintained that the position might be true in those kinds of know- ledge which produce wisdom ...
... question whether one man is lessened by another's acquiring an equal degree of knowledge with him . Johnson asserted the affirmative . I maintained that the position might be true in those kinds of know- ledge which produce wisdom ...
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... question cannot be imagined . ” 1 He said , " Goldsmith should not be for ever attempt- ing to shine in conversation : he has not temper for it , he is so much mortified when he fails . Sir , a game of jokes is composed partly of skill ...
... question cannot be imagined . ” 1 He said , " Goldsmith should not be for ever attempt- ing to shine in conversation : he has not temper for it , he is so much mortified when he fails . Sir , a game of jokes is composed partly of skill ...
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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.