The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, 2. kötetJ. Murray, 1831 |
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... wrote to nobody , and was exclusively oc- cupied with his Shakspeare , though we have seen , that , in those years , he found time to pay visits to his friends in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire , and at Cambridge and Winchester . He ...
... wrote to nobody , and was exclusively oc- cupied with his Shakspeare , though we have seen , that , in those years , he found time to pay visits to his friends in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire , and at Cambridge and Winchester . He ...
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... wrote to him — as he pleases . Of all solemn coxcombs , Gold- smith is the first ; yet sensible - but affects to use Johnson's hard words in conversation . We had a Mr. Dyer 1 , who is a scholar and a gentleman . Garrick is entirely off ...
... wrote to him — as he pleases . Of all solemn coxcombs , Gold- smith is the first ; yet sensible - but affects to use Johnson's hard words in conversation . We had a Mr. Dyer 1 , who is a scholar and a gentleman . Garrick is entirely off ...
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... wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of [ This is another amusing trait of Mr. Boswell's accuracy and bonne foi . Can any thing be more comic than Johnson's affectation of superiority , even to the degree of supposing that Boswell would ...
... wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of [ This is another amusing trait of Mr. Boswell's accuracy and bonne foi . Can any thing be more comic than Johnson's affectation of superiority , even to the degree of supposing that Boswell would ...
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... wrote the following account , which he has been pleased to communicate to me : " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an an- nuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
... wrote the following account , which he has been pleased to communicate to me : " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an an- nuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
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... wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom in ...
... wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom in ...
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Æneid afterwards ancient answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour believe BENNET LANGTON BOSWELL called character church conversation dear dined dinner doubt Dunvegan Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father favour Flora Macdonald Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hebrid Highland honour hope island James JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson king Kingsburgh lady Laird land Langton late laugh learning letter Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo LUCY PORTER M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm manner married mentioned mind Monboddo never night observed occasion opinion perhaps person Piozzi pleased poem Portree prayer Prince Prince Charles probably publick Rasay reason Samuel Johnson Scotland SCOTT seems Shakspeare Sir Alexander spirit suppose sure Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tour wish write wrote young
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142. oldal - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
347. oldal - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
8. oldal - People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shown. You may teach chemistry by lectures.— You might teach making of shoes by lectures!
497. oldal - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
49. oldal - Sir, (continued he,) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners ; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and those of Richardson. Characters of manners are very entertaining ; but they are to be understood by a more superficial observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart.
217. oldal - It did not require much sagacity to foresee that such a sentiment would not be permitted to pass without due animadversion. JOHNSON. "Do not allow yourself, Sir, to be imposed upon by such gross absurdity. It is sad stuff ; it is brutish. If a bull could speak, he might as well exclaim, — Here am I with this cow and this grass; what being can enjoy greater felicity?
273. oldal - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to...
107. oldal - ... everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.
7. oldal - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
102. oldal - I know not how so whimsical a thought came into my mind, but I asked, " If, Sir, you were shut up in a castle, and a new-born child with you, what would you do?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, I should not much like my company.