The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... doubt ; but he had more delight in seeing how well he could vex them . " The " Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion , " in ridicule of " cool Mason and warm Gray , " being mentioned , Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon ...
... doubt ; but he had more delight in seeing how well he could vex them . " The " Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion , " in ridicule of " cool Mason and warm Gray , " being mentioned , Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon ...
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... doubts ; but it is astonishing how Mrs. Thrale's description could have been supposed to apply to Campbell ; as , at the close of her lively sketch , she quotes a phrase of the latter's : " Upon my honour , Sir , ' ' and indeed now ...
... doubts ; but it is astonishing how Mrs. Thrale's description could have been supposed to apply to Campbell ; as , at the close of her lively sketch , she quotes a phrase of the latter's : " Upon my honour , Sir , ' ' and indeed now ...
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... doubt concerning its success . He was toldby Quin , that during the first night of its appearance it was long in a very dubious state ; that there was a disposition to damn it , and that it was saved by the song , " Oh ponder well , be ...
... doubt concerning its success . He was toldby Quin , that during the first night of its appearance it was long in a very dubious state ; that there was a disposition to damn it , and that it was saved by the song , " Oh ponder well , be ...
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... doubt here . I know not if I should not prepare myself for a publick singer , as readily as let my wife be one . " Johnson arraigned the modern politicks of this country , as entirely devoid of all principle of whatever kind ...
... doubt here . I know not if I should not prepare myself for a publick singer , as readily as let my wife be one . " Johnson arraigned the modern politicks of this country , as entirely devoid of all principle of whatever kind ...
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... doubt ; and he is loath to be angry at himself . " Before setting out for Scotland on the 23rd , I was frequently in his company at different places , but during this period have recorded only two remarks : one concerning Garrick : " He ...
... doubt ; and he is loath to be angry at himself . " Before setting out for Scotland on the 23rd , I was frequently in his company at different places , but during this period have recorded only two remarks : one concerning Garrick : " He ...
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436. oldal - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 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; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
211. oldal - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
81. oldal - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
470. 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.
81. oldal - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
444. oldal - ... 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.
403. oldal - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
444. 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...
142. oldal - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
219. oldal - 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.