The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P. F. Collier and Son, 1900 |
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... expressed : - " There are in that book thoughts , which , by long revolution in the great mind of Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! " That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman ...
... expressed : - " There are in that book thoughts , which , by long revolution in the great mind of Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! " That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman ...
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... I observed with much regret , while the first edition of this work was passing through the press , ( August 1790 , ) that this ingenious gentleman was dead . B. have expressed himself thus ? And let me add , 11 . IRRITATION IN SCOTLAND ...
... I observed with much regret , while the first edition of this work was passing through the press , ( August 1790 , ) that this ingenious gentleman was dead . B. have expressed himself thus ? And let me add , 11 . IRRITATION IN SCOTLAND ...
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... expressed to his friend Mr. Windham of Norfolk , ' his wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their resentment at having their country described by him as it really was ; when , to say that it was a country as good as ...
... expressed to his friend Mr. Windham of Norfolk , ' his wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their resentment at having their country described by him as it really was ; when , to say that it was a country as good as ...
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... expressed to him an apprehension , that if he should visit Ireland he might treat the people of that country more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch , he answered , with strong pointed double - edged wit : " Sir , you have no ...
... expressed to him an apprehension , that if he should visit Ireland he might treat the people of that country more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch , he answered , with strong pointed double - edged wit : " Sir , you have no ...
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... beauti- fully recommended in his pamphlet respecting Falkland's Islands , that I was sorry to see him appear in so unfavour- able a light . Besides , I could not perceive in it that ability of argument , or that felicity of expression , ...
... beauti- fully recommended in his pamphlet respecting Falkland's Islands , that I was sorry to see him appear in so unfavour- able a light . Besides , I could not perceive in it that ability of argument , or that felicity of expression , ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards appear Ashbourne asked Auchinleck Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe booksellers BOSWELL TO DR character Church compliments consider conversation Court of Session Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Doctor of Medicine Dodd doubt Edinburgh eminent England English Erse favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John journey judge King lady Langton language learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Hailes's Lord Monboddo Madam manner mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets reason recollect remark Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale told truth Whig Wilkes wish wonderful write written wrote
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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.