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... vol . ii . , p . 396-403 ) , and is now for the first time printed in England . Dr. Campbell gave out that his chief object ra in visiting London at this time was to see the " lions , " of whom in Johnson was the chief . He describes ...
... vol . ii . , p . 396-403 ) , and is now for the first time printed in England . Dr. Campbell gave out that his chief object ra in visiting London at this time was to see the " lions , " of whom in Johnson was the chief . He describes ...
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... my description of Johnson's manners , warmed to virtue even by the distant reflection of his glowing excellence , and encouraged ' Johnson's Works , vol . vii . , p . 143. Oxford Edition . by the relation of his animated zeal to persist in.
... my description of Johnson's manners , warmed to virtue even by the distant reflection of his glowing excellence , and encouraged ' Johnson's Works , vol . vii . , p . 143. Oxford Edition . by the relation of his animated zeal to persist in.
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... every occasion that offered : his disquisition on Pope's epitaph placed over Mrs. Corbet , is a proof of that preference always 1 See Life , vol . i . , p . 10 . given by him to a noiseless life over a bustling BY MRS . PIOZZI .
... every occasion that offered : his disquisition on Pope's epitaph placed over Mrs. Corbet , is a proof of that preference always 1 See Life , vol . i . , p . 10 . given by him to a noiseless life over a bustling BY MRS . PIOZZI .
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... and of Broome ; and when he spoke of him to me it was always with tenderness , praising his acquaintance with life and manners , and recollect- ! Vol . i . , p . 9 , note 2 . ing one piece of advice that no man surely ever BY MRS . PIOZZI .
... and of Broome ; and when he spoke of him to me it was always with tenderness , praising his acquaintance with life and manners , and recollect- ! Vol . i . , p . 9 , note 2 . ing one piece of advice that no man surely ever BY MRS . PIOZZI .
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... early attention to things beyond the capacity of other babies , a keen sensibility of right and wrong , 1 Vol . i . , p . 184 . and a warmth of imagination little consistent with sound and BY MRS . PIOZZI . 11 Sent to school •
... early attention to things beyond the capacity of other babies , a keen sensibility of right and wrong , 1 Vol . i . , p . 184 . and a warmth of imagination little consistent with sound and BY MRS . PIOZZI . 11 Sent to school •
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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.
485. oldal - The Life of Pizarro. With Some Account of his Associates In the Conquest of Peru.