Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. H THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. AVING left Ashbourne in the evening , we stopped to change horses at Derby , and availed ourselves of a moment to enjoy the conversation of ...
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. H THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. AVING left Ashbourne in the evening , we stopped to change horses at Derby , and availed ourselves of a moment to enjoy the conversation of ...
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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. Aetat . 67. ] The projected Italian tour . 19 which , I flattered myself , he and Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Johnson were soon to set out ; and , therefore , I pressed it as much as I ...
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. Aetat . 67. ] The projected Italian tour . 19 which , I flattered myself , he and Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Johnson were soon to set out ; and , therefore , I pressed it as much as I ...
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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 24 Johnson's pleasure in contradiction . [ A.D. 1776 . the good or evil of card - playing- ' ' Now , ( said Garrick , ) he is thinking which side he shall take ' . ' He appeared ...
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 24 Johnson's pleasure in contradiction . [ A.D. 1776 . the good or evil of card - playing- ' ' Now , ( said Garrick , ) he is thinking which side he shall take ' . ' He appeared ...
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... JOHNSON . ' At least , I never wished to have a child . ' Mr. Murphy mentioned Dr. Johnson's having a design to publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr ...
... JOHNSON . ' At least , I never wished to have a child . ' Mr. Murphy mentioned Dr. Johnson's having a design to publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr ...
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... Johnson acquiesced in this ; but depreciated the book , I thought , very unreasonably . For he said , ' I forced myself to read it , only because it was a common topick of conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style ...
... Johnson acquiesced in this ; but depreciated the book , I thought , very unreasonably . For he said , ' I forced myself to read it , only because it was a common topick of conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style ...
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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write
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380. oldal - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
455. oldal - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
455. oldal - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
381. oldal - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
154. oldal - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates, and masters, the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants, about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it...
302. oldal - He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling ; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
72. oldal - To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool.
13. oldal - I was never summoned to attend even the ceremony of a lecture; and, excepting one voluntary visit to his rooms during the eight months of his titular office, the tutor and pupil lived in the same college as strangers to...
358. oldal - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
159. oldal - Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?