Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... Scotland , Psal . xliii . v . 5 ; ' Why art thou then cast down , my soul ? What should discourage thee ? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? ' Some allowance must no doubt be made for early prepossession . But at a ...
... Scotland , Psal . xliii . v . 5 ; ' Why art thou then cast down , my soul ? What should discourage thee ? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? ' Some allowance must no doubt be made for early prepossession . But at a ...
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... Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I mentioned Mr. Solicitor's relation , Lord Charles Hay3 , with whom I knew Dr. Johnson Mme . D'Arblay ( Memoirs of Dr. Burney , i . 284 ) ...
... Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I mentioned Mr. Solicitor's relation , Lord Charles Hay3 , with whom I knew Dr. Johnson Mme . D'Arblay ( Memoirs of Dr. Burney , i . 284 ) ...
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... Scotland and Protes- tant countries abroad , where a chair in a university is generally a better establishment than a benefice , by far the greater part of the most eminent men of letters have been professors . Wealth of Nations , v . 1 ...
... Scotland and Protes- tant countries abroad , where a chair in a university is generally a better establishment than a benefice , by far the greater part of the most eminent men of letters have been professors . Wealth of Nations , v . 1 ...
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... - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminish- ing the number of the Lords of Session , On 30 [ A.D. 1776 . In the Monthly Review for.
... - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminish- ing the number of the Lords of Session , On 30 [ A.D. 1776 . In the Monthly Review for.
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... Scotland . ' Ah , Boswell ! ( said Johnson , smiling , ) what 1 Johnson's entries at Easter shew this year , and some of the following years , more peace of mind than hitherto . Thus this Easter he re- cords , I had at church some radia ...
... Scotland . ' Ah , Boswell ! ( said Johnson , smiling , ) what 1 Johnson's entries at Easter shew this year , and some of the following years , more peace of mind than hitherto . Thus this Easter he re- cords , I had at church some radia ...
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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?