Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expenses ...
... common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expenses ...
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... common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life ; such as labourers . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a common soldier is usually a very gross man3 , and any quality which procures respect may be overwhelmed by ...
... common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life ; such as labourers . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a common soldier is usually a very gross man3 , and any quality which procures respect may be overwhelmed by ...
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... Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primo - geniture , or any other old and universally - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my Letter to the People of Scotland , against ...
... Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primo - geniture , or any other old and universally - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my Letter to the People of Scotland , against ...
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... common topick of conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table1 . Why he thought so 32 The MONTHLY and CRITICAL REVIEWS . [ A.D. 1776. Aetat . 67. ] of it , and who bore a respectable ...
... common topick of conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table1 . Why he thought so 32 The MONTHLY and CRITICAL REVIEWS . [ A.D. 1776. Aetat . 67. ] of it , and who bore a respectable ...
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... common was probably expected , and something uncommon was at last done ; for to the Doctor's edition is appended , what the world had hardly seen before , a list of errors in nine- teen pages . ' Johnson's Works , viii . 492. In the ...
... common was probably expected , and something uncommon was at last done ; for to the Doctor's edition is appended , what the world had hardly seen before , a list of errors in nine- teen pages . ' Johnson's Works , viii . 492. In the ...
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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?