The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour to the Hebrides. New eds. with notes and appendices by A. Napier. [Followed by] Johnsoniana, ed. by R. Napier, 6. kötet1884 |
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3. oldal
... sure that they have done so . As the Duke says however to the Weaver , in " A Midsummer Night's Dream , " " Never excuse ; if your play be a bad one , keep at least the excuses to yourself . " I am aware that many will say , I have not ...
... sure that they have done so . As the Duke says however to the Weaver , in " A Midsummer Night's Dream , " " Never excuse ; if your play be a bad one , keep at least the excuses to yourself . " I am aware that many will say , I have not ...
8. oldal
... sure to precede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ' visiting , to run up a tree that he might not be found and exhibited , such , as no doubt he was , a prodigy of early understanding ...
... sure to precede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ' visiting , to run up a tree that he might not be found and exhibited , such , as no doubt he was , a prodigy of early understanding ...
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... sure they would always tell the truth . He told me however one day , how , when he was first entered at the university , he passed a morning , in compliance with the customs of the place , at his tutor's chamber ; but finding him no ...
... sure they would always tell the truth . He told me however one day , how , when he was first entered at the university , he passed a morning , in compliance with the customs of the place , at his tutor's chamber ; but finding him no ...
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... sure , replied he ; but his particular malice towards me , and general disregard for truth , would make the book useless to all , and in- jurious to my character . " " Oh ! as to that , " said I , " we should all fasten upon him , and ...
... sure , replied he ; but his particular malice towards me , and general disregard for truth , would make the book useless to all , and in- jurious to my character . " " Oh ! as to that , " said I , " we should all fasten upon him , and ...
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... sure enough ; but then a fellow deserves to be of Oxford that talks so . I have heard him at other times relate how he used to sit in some coffee - house there , and turn M- -'s C - r - ct - c - s into ridi- cule for the diversion of ...
... sure enough ; but then a fellow deserves to be of Oxford that talks so . I have heard him at other times relate how he used to sit in some coffee - house there , and turn M- -'s C - r - ct - c - s into ridi- cule for the diversion of ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ... Together with the Journal of a Tour to the ... James Boswell Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson ... Together with the Journal of a Tour to the ... James Boswell Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
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33. oldal - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
30. oldal - Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Strike thy bosom sage! and tell, What is bliss, and which the way ? Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary Sage reply'd, Come, my lad, and drink some beer.
393. oldal - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord...
27. oldal - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
393. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
365. oldal - ... wherever human nature is to be found, there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced, in most countries, their particular inconveniences by particular favours.