The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, 8. kötet1835 |
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6. oldal
... knowledge of English literary history I do not express with exaggeration , when I say it is wonderful : indeed , his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the ...
... knowledge of English literary history I do not express with exaggeration , when I say it is wonderful : indeed , his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the ...
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... knowledge 66 ( 1 ) Johnson's Life of Milton . ( 2 ) Mr. Malone thinks it is rather a proof that he felt nothing of those cheerful sensations which he has described : that on these topics it is the poet , and not the man , that writes ...
... knowledge 66 ( 1 ) Johnson's Life of Milton . ( 2 ) Mr. Malone thinks it is rather a proof that he felt nothing of those cheerful sensations which he has described : that on these topics it is the poet , and not the man , that writes ...
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... knowledge with pedantic ostentation . " French words which [ were then used in ] had then crept into conversation . " The Life of POPE ( 2 ) was written by Johnson con amore , both from the early possession which ( 1 ) It seems to me ...
... knowledge with pedantic ostentation . " French words which [ were then used in ] had then crept into conversation . " The Life of POPE ( 2 ) was written by Johnson con amore , both from the early possession which ( 1 ) It seems to me ...
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... knowledge of the world , in short remarks and anecdotes , with a quiet pleasant gravity , that was exceedingly engaging . Never shall the hours which I enjoyed with him at his apartments in the royal palace of Holyrood House , and at ...
... knowledge of the world , in short remarks and anecdotes , with a quiet pleasant gravity , that was exceedingly engaging . Never shall the hours which I enjoyed with him at his apartments in the royal palace of Holyrood House , and at ...
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... knowledge and attentive to [ accu- mulate ] retain it . 66 " A mind [ excursive ] active , ambitious , and adven- turous . " In its [ noblest ] widest searches still longing to go forward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose ...
... knowledge and attentive to [ accu- mulate ] retain it . 66 " A mind [ excursive ] active , ambitious , and adven- turous . " In its [ noblest ] widest searches still longing to go forward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose ...
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394. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
81. oldal - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
120. oldal - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
44. oldal - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
270. oldal - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
67. oldal - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
383. oldal - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
84. oldal - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
279. oldal - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
72. oldal - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him