Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 oldal |
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... authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , in Staffordshire , on the 18th of September , N.S. , 1709 ; and his initiation into the Christian Church ...
... authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , in Staffordshire , on the 18th of September , N.S. , 1709 ; and his initiation into the Christian Church ...
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... authour , eyed his robust frame attentively , and with a significant look , said , ' You had better buy a porter's knot . ' He however added , ' Wilcox was one of my best friends .'- BOSWELL . 1737 ] RETURNS TO LICHFIELD 27 recollected ...
... authour , eyed his robust frame attentively , and with a significant look , said , ' You had better buy a porter's knot . ' He however added , ' Wilcox was one of my best friends .'- BOSWELL . 1737 ] RETURNS TO LICHFIELD 27 recollected ...
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... a short time before his death he expressed his regret for his having been the authour of fictions which had passed for realities .'- ED . 1738 ] HIS POEM , LONDON 31 This extraordinary person 30 [ 1738 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... a short time before his death he expressed his regret for his having been the authour of fictions which had passed for realities .'- ED . 1738 ] HIS POEM , LONDON 31 This extraordinary person 30 [ 1738 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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... authour . Pope , who then filled the poetical throne without a rival , it may reasonably be presumed , must have been particularly struck by the sudden appearance of such a poet ; and , to his credit , let it be remembered , that his ...
... authour . Pope , who then filled the poetical throne without a rival , it may reasonably be presumed , must have been particularly struck by the sudden appearance of such a poet ; and , to his credit , let it be remembered , that his ...
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... authour of Clarissa , and other novels of extensive reputation . Mr. Hogarth came one day to see Richardson , soon after the execution of Dr. Cameron , for having taken arms for the house of Stuart in 1745-6 ; and being a warm partisan ...
... authour of Clarissa , and other novels of extensive reputation . Mr. Hogarth came one day to see Richardson , soon after the execution of Dr. Cameron , for having taken arms for the house of Stuart in 1745-6 ; and being a warm partisan ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Brocklesby Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent English entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth University of Oxford walked Whig Wilkes wine wish wonderful write written wrote
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64. oldal - 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.
65. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
274. oldal - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
127. oldal - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
67. oldal - Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords...
230. oldal - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
207. oldal - The Way of the World:' ' If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.
213. oldal - Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale.
208. oldal - It did not require much sagacity to foresee that such a sentiment would not be permitted to pass without due animadversion. JOHNSON. " Do not allow yourself, Sir, to be imposed upon by such gross absurdity. It is sad stuff ; it is brutish. If a bull could speak, he might as well exclaim, — Here am I with this cow and this grass ; what being can enjoy greater felicity ? " We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman^) who had destroyed himself.
119. oldal - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.