JohnsonianaG. Bell & sons, 1884 - 13 oldal |
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13. oldal
... appeared the idlest of all human beings ; ever musing till he was called out to converse , and conversing till the fatigue of his friends , or the promptitude of his own temper to take offence , consigned him back again to silent ...
... appeared the idlest of all human beings ; ever musing till he was called out to converse , and conversing till the fatigue of his friends , or the promptitude of his own temper to take offence , consigned him back again to silent ...
25. oldal
... appeared astonished . When he was gone home ( says Johnson ) , " Now for all this triumph , I may thank Thrale's Xenophon here , as I think , ex- cepting that one , I have not looked in a Greek book these ten years ; but see what haste ...
... appeared astonished . When he was gone home ( says Johnson ) , " Now for all this triumph , I may thank Thrale's Xenophon here , as I think , ex- cepting that one , I have not looked in a Greek book these ten years ; but see what haste ...
26. oldal
... appeared in his talk as in his writings ; and when some one mentioned the ridicule thrown on him in the " Rehearsal , " as having hurt his general character as an author : " On the contrary ( says Mr. Johnson ) , the greatness of ...
... appeared in his talk as in his writings ; and when some one mentioned the ridicule thrown on him in the " Rehearsal , " as having hurt his general character as an author : " On the contrary ( says Mr. Johnson ) , the greatness of ...
48. oldal
... appeared wholly impossible for any skill of the physician or any strength of the patient to save him . was saved at that time however by Sir Lucas's prescriptions ; and less skill on one side , or less strength on the other , I am ...
... appeared wholly impossible for any skill of the physician or any strength of the patient to save him . was saved at that time however by Sir Lucas's prescriptions ; and less skill on one side , or less strength on the other , I am ...
63. oldal
... appeared to him uni- form enough ; all was done to fill up the time , upon his prin- ciple . I used to tell him , that it was like the Clown's answer in As you like it , of " Oh Lord , Sir ! " for that it suited every 1 An error of ...
... appeared to him uni- form enough ; all was done to fill up the time , upon his prin- ciple . I used to tell him , that it was like the Clown's answer in As you like it , of " Oh Lord , Sir ! " for that it suited every 1 An error of ...
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391. oldal - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
31. oldal - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
382. oldal - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
412. oldal - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
377. oldal - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
391. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
363. oldal - ... wherever human nature is to be found, there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced, in most countries, their particular inconveniences by particular favours.
128. oldal - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief as well as compose a poem.
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