Johnsoniana..John Sharpe, 1820 - 178 oldal |
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9. oldal
... hear him construe . About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a fellowship , and I went to London to get my living : now , sir , see the difference of our literary characters ! " 66 As they were leaving ...
... hear him construe . About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a fellowship , and I went to London to get my living : now , sir , see the difference of our literary characters ! " 66 As they were leaving ...
67. oldal
... hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place . " 3 It was suggested that kings must be unhappy , because they are deprived of the greatest of all satis- factions , easy and unreserved ...
... hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place . " 3 It was suggested that kings must be unhappy , because they are deprived of the greatest of all satis- factions , easy and unreserved ...
77. oldal
... hear so much , was in an uncommercial country , when men being idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's tables : but in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore hospitality is not so much ...
... hear so much , was in an uncommercial country , when men being idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's tables : but in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore hospitality is not so much ...
86. oldal
... hear what they can tell of their religion . " He maintained that a boy at school was the hap- piest of human beings . Boswell supported a differ- ent opinion that a man is happier ; and enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are ...
... hear what they can tell of their religion . " He maintained that a boy at school was the hap- piest of human beings . Boswell supported a differ- ent opinion that a man is happier ; and enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are ...
92. oldal
... hear it said , very gravely , Why was not the half guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ! Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
... hear it said , very gravely , Why was not the half guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ! Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
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Johnsoniana: From Boswell's Life of the Great Lexicographer and Moralist Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2020 |
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afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation David Garrick dine doubt drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour human humour instance Jacobite John Johnson observed judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion pleased poem poor principles racter religion remark says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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89. 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.
40. oldal - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
7. oldal - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them leant, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped — and gets his task — and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief : you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
6. oldal - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod: 'I would rather,' said he, 'have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and...
162. oldal - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
104. oldal - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
80. oldal - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England!
89. oldal - ... Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there...
135. oldal - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
38. oldal - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.