The life of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötetPenguin Books, Limited, 1820 |
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... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates : Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates : Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
65. oldal
... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parliament . " To MR . CAVE . [ No date . ] “ Sir , " I BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and ...
... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parliament . " To MR . CAVE . [ No date . ] “ Sir , " I BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and ...
83. oldal
... shew . The instances of variety of disappointment are chosen so judiciously , and painted so strongly , that , the moment they are read , they bring con- viction to every thinking mind . That of the scholar must have depressed the too ...
... shew . The instances of variety of disappointment are chosen so judiciously , and painted so strongly , that , the moment they are read , they bring con- viction to every thinking mind . That of the scholar must have depressed the too ...
86. oldal
... shew them acts of kind- ness . He for a considerable time used to frequent the Green - Room , and seemed to take delight in dissipating his gloom by mixing in the sprightly chit - chat of the motley circle then to be found there . Mr ...
... shew them acts of kind- ness . He for a considerable time used to frequent the Green - Room , and seemed to take delight in dissipating his gloom by mixing in the sprightly chit - chat of the motley circle then to be found there . Mr ...
114. oldal
... shew him that I did not mind what he said or wrote , and that I had done with him . " This is that celebrated letter of which so much has been said , and about which curiosity has been so long excited , without being gratified . I for ...
... shew him that I did not mind what he said or wrote , and that I had done with him . " This is that celebrated letter of which so much has been said , and about which curiosity has been so long excited , without being gratified . I for ...
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115. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
115. oldal - ... had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
418. oldal - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
183. oldal - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
84. oldal - And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat.
183. oldal - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost,
398. oldal - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
27. oldal - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
204. oldal - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
115. oldal - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.