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... common intercourse of life , which does not appear to be much connected with it . " BOSWELL . " And yet people go through the world very well , and carry on the business of life to good advantage , without learning . " JOHNSON . " Why ...
... common intercourse of life , which does not appear to be much connected with it . " BOSWELL . " And yet people go through the world very well , and carry on the business of life to good advantage , without learning . " JOHNSON . " Why ...
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... common punish- ment , and bids defiance to all common degrees of pain . Correction must be proportioned to occa- sions . The flexible will be reformed by gentle discipline , and the refractory must be subdued by harsher methods . The ...
... common punish- ment , and bids defiance to all common degrees of pain . Correction must be proportioned to occa- sions . The flexible will be reformed by gentle discipline , and the refractory must be subdued by harsher methods . The ...
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... common constitutions . " Subsequently , however , when seventy - five , John- son wrote to Dr. Burney : " The weather , you know , has not been balmy ; I am now reduced to think , and am at last reduced to talk , of the weather . Pride ...
... common constitutions . " Subsequently , however , when seventy - five , John- son wrote to Dr. Burney : " The weather , you know , has not been balmy ; I am now reduced to think , and am at last reduced to talk , of the weather . Pride ...
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... common topic , whether mankind in ge- neral have grown worse or better , the following dialogue took place between Johnson and some friends . E. " From the experience which I have had- and I have had a great deal — I have learnt to ...
... common topic , whether mankind in ge- neral have grown worse or better , the following dialogue took place between Johnson and some friends . E. " From the experience which I have had- and I have had a great deal — I have learnt to ...
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... common prejudice . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , but a common prejudice should not be found in one whose trade it is to rectify error . " No. VII . LOVE , FRIENDSHIP , AND . AFFECTION . Or the passion of love he remarked , " Its violence ...
... common prejudice . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , but a common prejudice should not be found in one whose trade it is to rectify error . " No. VII . LOVE , FRIENDSHIP , AND . AFFECTION . Or the passion of love he remarked , " Its violence ...
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appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation dine drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour house of lords human humour instance Jacobite John Johnson observed judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion pleased poem poor racter religion remark Robert Dodsley says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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Página 34 - An historian ! My dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of this age ?
Página 109 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.
Página 54 - ... notion that a woman of spirit should use her lover like a dog. So, sir, at first she told me that I rode too fast, and she could not keep up with me ; and, when I rode a little slower, she passed me, and complained that I lagged behind. I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end. I therefore pushed on briskly, till I was fairly out of her sight. The road lay between two hedges, so I was sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon...
Página 16 - Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Página 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.
Página 7 - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learu, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped — and gets his task — and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief: you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Página 161 - I believe they might be good beings; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.
Página 28 - Would you eat your dinner that day, Sir ?" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; and eat it as if he were eating with me. Why, there's Baretti, who is to be tried for his life to-morrow, friends have risen up for him on every side; yet if he should be hanged, none of them will eat a slice of plum-pudding the less. Sir, that sympathetic feeling goes a very little way in depressing the mind.
Página 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Página 167 - ... 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.