The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 4. kötet |
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72. oldal
... imperfectly known here , either to artificers or philosophers . Of the natural
productions , animate and inanimate , we yet have so little intelligence , that our
books are filled , I fear , with conjectures about things which an Indian peasant
knows ...
... imperfectly known here , either to artificers or philosophers . Of the natural
productions , animate and inanimate , we yet have so little intelligence , that our
books are filled , I fear , with conjectures about things which an Indian peasant
knows ...
159. oldal
You and I should now naturally cling to one another : we have outlived most of
those who could pretend to rival us in ... You , indeed , have a sister , with whom
you can divide the day : I have no natural friend left ; but Providence has been ...
You and I should now naturally cling to one another : we have outlived most of
those who could pretend to rival us in ... You , indeed , have a sister , with whom
you can divide the day : I have no natural friend left ; but Providence has been ...
223. oldal
They have no affection , Sir . ” BosweLL . “ I believe natural affection , of which we
hear so much , is very small . ” JOHNSON . “ Sir , natural affection is nothing : but
affection from principle and established duty , is sometimes wonderfully strong .
They have no affection , Sir . ” BosweLL . “ I believe natural affection , of which we
hear so much , is very small . ” JOHNSON . “ Sir , natural affection is nothing : but
affection from principle and established duty , is sometimes wonderfully strong .
383. oldal
I have no company here , and shall naturally come home hungry for conversation
, To wish you , dear Sir , more leisure , would not be kind ; but what leisure you
have , you must bestow upon me . ” Sept . 16 . " I have now let you alone for a ...
I have no company here , and shall naturally come home hungry for conversation
, To wish you , dear Sir , more leisure , would not be kind ; but what leisure you
have , you must bestow upon me . ” Sept . 16 . " I have now let you alone for a ...
457. oldal
A few days before his death , he had asked Sir John Hawkins , as one of his
executors , where he should be buried ; and on being answered , “ Doubtless , in
Westminster - Abbey , ” seemed to feel a satisfaction , very natural to a Poet ; and
...
A few days before his death , he had asked Sir John Hawkins , as one of his
executors , where he should be buried ; and on being answered , “ Doubtless , in
Westminster - Abbey , ” seemed to feel a satisfaction , very natural to a Poet ; and
...
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436. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
326. oldal - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
111. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
149. oldal - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
111. oldal - ... similitude: sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, .in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly 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...
45. oldal - ... felt; and produced sentiments not such as Nature enforces, but meditation supplies. With the simple and elemental passions as they spring separate in the mind, he seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.
111. oldal - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, such as reason teacheth and proveth things by, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
31. oldal - Depend upon it, said he, that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
202. oldal - It having been argued that this was an improvement.—" No, Sir," said he, eagerly, " it is not an improvement: they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
468. oldal - ... yet such an excessive humility, as if he had known nothing, that they frequently resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 4. kötet The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Edmond Malone |
| Szerző | James Boswell |
| Szerkesztő | Edmond Malone |
| Kiadás | 5 |
| Kiadás éve: | 1807 |
| Eredeti forrása | Oxfordi Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. jún. 18. |
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