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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7. oldal
... never affociated with us in any of ⚫ our diverfions , except in the winter when the ice was ' firm , to be drawn along by a boy bare - footed . His ⚫ ambition to excel was great , though his application to books , as far as it ...
... never affociated with us in any of ⚫ our diverfions , except in the winter when the ice was ' firm , to be drawn along by a boy bare - footed . His ⚫ ambition to excel was great , though his application to books , as far as it ...
10. oldal
... by a fcholar's gown , and that we know is never deemed the lefs honourable for being old , was fo apparent as to excite pity in fome that faw and noticed him . excite 10 THE LIFE OF that having a father living, who was able to ...
... by a fcholar's gown , and that we know is never deemed the lefs honourable for being old , was fo apparent as to excite pity in fome that faw and noticed him . excite 10 THE LIFE OF that having a father living, who was able to ...
16. oldal
... never to • have applied himself to any particular study . A paf- fion for reading was his ruling paffion , and a prodi- gious memory his great talent : he read every book ⚫ almost indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands ...
... never to • have applied himself to any particular study . A paf- fion for reading was his ruling paffion , and a prodi- gious memory his great talent : he read every book ⚫ almost indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands ...
17. oldal
... never difcovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself in affected filence , and fed his own vanity with their ⚫ admiration and conjectures . ' C C It is little less than certain , that his own indigence , and ...
... never difcovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself in affected filence , and fed his own vanity with their ⚫ admiration and conjectures . ' C C It is little less than certain , that his own indigence , and ...
21. oldal
... never after speak of but in terms of the utmoft diflike , and even of ab- horrence . By the middle of June , in the year 1732 , he was able to estimate that flender pittance which devolved to him upon the decease of his father ; the ...
... never after speak of but in terms of the utmoft diflike , and even of ab- horrence . By the middle of June , in the year 1732 , he was able to estimate that flender pittance which devolved to him upon the decease of his father ; the ...
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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.