The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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164. oldal
He was scarce settled in town before this dogmatical behaviour , and his
impatience of contradiction , became • this in such a manner that I may receive
comfort from it at the 6 hour of death , and in the day of judgment . Amen . • I
intend to ...
He was scarce settled in town before this dogmatical behaviour , and his
impatience of contradiction , became • this in such a manner that I may receive
comfort from it at the 6 hour of death , and in the day of judgment . Amen . • I
intend to ...
224. oldal
By these means he became insensibly a votary of pleasure , and to justify this
choice , had reafoned himself into a persuasion that , not only in the moral
government of the world but in human manners , through all the changes and
Auctuations ...
By these means he became insensibly a votary of pleasure , and to justify this
choice , had reafoned himself into a persuasion that , not only in the moral
government of the world but in human manners , through all the changes and
Auctuations ...
234. oldal
snubbed him , that his visits to us became less and lefs frequent . After such a
description as that above , it is needless to add that Barker succeeded ill in his
profession . Upon his leaving us , he went to practise at Trowbridge in Wiltshire ,
but ...
snubbed him , that his visits to us became less and lefs frequent . After such a
description as that above , it is needless to add that Barker succeeded ill in his
profession . Upon his leaving us , he went to practise at Trowbridge in Wiltshire ,
but ...
382. oldal
... sociable and benevolent disposition , that many became desirous of his
acquaintance , and to this they were farther tempted by the character he had
acquired of delighting in conversation , and being free and communicative in his
discourse ...
... sociable and benevolent disposition , that many became desirous of his
acquaintance , and to this they were farther tempted by the character he had
acquired of delighting in conversation , and being free and communicative in his
discourse ...
401. oldal
He was a native of Hampshire , and having ended his studies at Oxford , came to
London about the year 1737 , at which time Dr. Frank Nicholls had attained great
reputation for skill in anatomy . To complete them , he became a pupil of his , in ...
He was a native of Hampshire , and having ended his studies at Oxford , came to
London about the year 1737 , at which time Dr. Frank Nicholls had attained great
reputation for skill in anatomy . To complete them , he became a pupil of his , in ...
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349. oldal - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
265. oldal - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
519. oldal - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
127. oldal - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
344. oldal - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
155. oldal - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
190. oldal - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
555. oldal - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
62. oldal - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
584. oldal - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The life of Dr. Samuel Johnson 1. kötet/The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Szerzők | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins |
| Illusztrálta: | Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hall |
| Közreműködők | James Buckland, John Rivington, Charles Rivington, Francis Rivington, Thomas Payne, Lockyer Davis, Benjamin White, B. White and Son, T. Payne and Son |
| Kiadó | J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
| Eredeti forrása | Oxfordi Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. jún. 20. |
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