The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence; and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ...Jones, 1827 - 580 páginas |
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... Streatham . Johnson had a very sincere esteem for Mr. Thrale , as a man of excellent principles , a good scholar , well skilled in trade , of a sound understanding , and of manners such as presented the character of a plain inde ...
... Streatham . Johnson had a very sincere esteem for Mr. Thrale , as a man of excellent principles , a good scholar , well skilled in trade , of a sound understanding , and of manners such as presented the character of a plain inde ...
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... Streatham . much anger , but with pitiful effect , to persuade man- kind that my illustrious friend was not the great and good man which they esteemed and ever will esteem him to be . On the 6th of October I complied with " A Wife , " a ...
... Streatham . much anger , but with pitiful effect , to persuade man- kind that my illustrious friend was not the great and good man which they esteemed and ever will esteem him to be . On the 6th of October I complied with " A Wife , " a ...
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... Streatham , begging that he would meet me in town on the 9th ; but if this should be very incon- venient to him , I would go thither . His answer was as follows : " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , " UPON balancing the ...
... Streatham , begging that he would meet me in town on the 9th ; but if this should be very incon- venient to him , I would go thither . His answer was as follows : " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , " UPON balancing the ...
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... Streatham , by Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . My request , therefore , is , that you would rectify this matter in your new edition . You are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter . " My best wishes ever attend you and your family ...
... Streatham , by Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . My request , therefore , is , that you would rectify this matter in your new edition . You are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter . " My best wishes ever attend you and your family ...
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... Streatham , June 12 , 1774 " YESTERDAY I put the first sheets of theJourney to the Hebrides ' to the press . I have endeavoured to do you some justice in the first paragraph . It will be one volume in octavo , not thick . by neglecting ...
... Streatham , June 12 , 1774 " YESTERDAY I put the first sheets of theJourney to the Hebrides ' to the press . I have endeavoured to do you some justice in the first paragraph . It will be one volume in octavo , not thick . by neglecting ...
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Página 66 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 112 - ... Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he 'Would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having...
Página 218 - Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith there is little to be told, more than the papers have made public. 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 151 - ... 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 91 - This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Página 139 - People have now-a-days (said he), got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures. — You might teach making of shoes by lectures...
Página 21 - I dined (said he) very well for eight-pence, with very good company, at the PineApple in New-street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one another's names. It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine ; but I had a cut of meat for six-pence, and bread for a penny, and gave the waiter a penny; so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing.
Página 129 - After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the nonexistence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it,
Página 122 - I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Página 14 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great : and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.