The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without some degree of restraint : not , as has been grossly suggested , that it was required of him as a ...
... pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without some degree of restraint : not , as has been grossly suggested , that it was required of him as a ...
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James Boswell. 66 dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that celebrated circum- navigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his ...
James Boswell. 66 dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that celebrated circum- navigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his ...
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... pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery : " Describe it , sir ? -Why , it was so bad that Boswell wished to be in Scotland ! " After Dr ...
... pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery : " Describe it , sir ? -Why , it was so bad that Boswell wished to be in Scotland ! " After Dr ...
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... pleased , and exclaimed , " Well ; he does his work in a workman- like mannerf . " As a proof of Dr. Johnson's extraordinary powers of composition , it appears from the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he ...
... pleased , and exclaimed , " Well ; he does his work in a workman- like mannerf . " As a proof of Dr. Johnson's extraordinary powers of composition , it appears from the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he ...
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... pleased to be one of his guests on the day appointed . Upon the much - expected Wednesday , I called on him about half an hour before dinner , as I often did when we were to dine out together , to see that he was ready in time , and to ...
... pleased to be one of his guests on the day appointed . Upon the much - expected Wednesday , I called on him about half an hour before dinner , as I often did when we were to dine out together , to see that he was ready in time , and to ...
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acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne Auchinleck Beauclerk believe bishop booksellers censure character Cibber consider conversation court of session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd drink Edinburgh edition English entertained favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope house of lords Hugh Blair humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kindness lady Langton late learned letter liberty Lichfield lived London lord lord Monboddo lordship Lucy Porter madam mentioned mind neral never obliged observed once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem poetry poets Pope praise publick racter recollect reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland sermons sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth whig Wilkes wine wish word write written wrote
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156. oldal - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
156. oldal - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
161. 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.
150. oldal - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
273. oldal - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
237. oldal - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
196. oldal - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
57. oldal - Too, too, too," (under his breath,) which was one of his habitual mutterings. Mr. Arthur Lee could not but be very obnoxious to Johnson, for he was not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the Court of Madrid. " And who is the gentleman in lace 1 " —
56. oldal - I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a very worthy man, has frequently had agreeable parties at his house for Dr. Johnson, and will be vexed if the Doctor neglects him today. And then, Madam, be pleased to consider my situation; I carried the message, and I assured Mr.
83. oldal - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.