The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, 4. kötetDerby & Jackson, 1859 |
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... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
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... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is ) , " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is ) , " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
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... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
48. oldal
... , and when the idea is a simple one , common to all mankind , like old age , the language which has no single expression for it , is , so far , imperfect . - C . 1 whether I had shown an over - exultation , 48 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... , and when the idea is a simple one , common to all mankind , like old age , the language which has no single expression for it , is , so far , imperfect . - C . 1 whether I had shown an over - exultation , 48 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a French author says , ' Il ...
... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a French author says , ' Il ...
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192. oldal - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
218. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
34. oldal - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless...
218. oldal - ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
442. oldal - For some time before his death, all his fears were calmed and absorbed by the prevalence of his faith, and his trust in the merits and propitiation of Jesus Christ. "He talked often to me about the necessity of faith in the sacrifice of Jesus, as necessary beyond all good works •whatever for the salvation of mankind.
430. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff d bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
450. oldal - ... and acts of goodness, however comparatively great; so that the unavoidable consciousness of his superiority was, in that respect, a cause of disquiet. He suffered so much from this, and from the gloom which perpetually haunted him, and made solitude frightful, that it may be said of him, " If in this life only he had hope, he was of all men most miserable.
208. oldal - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
106. oldal - ... his head on a horse's back, he would collect a multitude to hear him ; but no wise man would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the lower classes of mankind, and among them he was of use. But when familiarity and noise claim the praise due to knowledge, art, and elegance, we must beat down such pretensions.
53. oldal - ... second time. When he came up, he asked some of the people of the house what Ford could be doing there. They told him Ford was dead. The waiter took a fever, in which he lay for some time. When he recovered he said he had a message to deliver to some women from Ford ; but he was not to tell what, or to whom. He walked out; he was followed, but somewhere about St. Paul's they lost him. He came back, and said he had delivered the message, and the women exclaimed, " Then we are all undone !