Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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23. oldal
... look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he had been speaking ; and the ship which carried it having come to Portugal , this packet , with ...
... look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he had been speaking ; and the ship which carried it having come to Portugal , this packet , with ...
44. oldal
... look in the paper - drawer of the chest of drawers in my bed - chamber , for two cases ; one for the Attorney - General , and one for the Solicitor- General3 . They lie , I think , at the top of my papers ; otherwise they are somewhere ...
... look in the paper - drawer of the chest of drawers in my bed - chamber , for two cases ; one for the Attorney - General , and one for the Solicitor- General3 . They lie , I think , at the top of my papers ; otherwise they are somewhere ...
54. oldal
... look upon myself as a very polite man . ' 2 The younger Colman in his boy- . hood met Johnson and Gibbon . ' Johnson was in his rusty brown and his black worsteads , and Gibbon in a suit of flowered velvet , with a bag and sword . He ...
... look upon myself as a very polite man . ' 2 The younger Colman in his boy- . hood met Johnson and Gibbon . ' Johnson was in his rusty brown and his black worsteads , and Gibbon in a suit of flowered velvet , with a bag and sword . He ...
69. oldal
... look for some time of ' surly virtue ' , ' but , in a short while , of complacency . Foote being mentioned , Johnson said , ' He is not a good mimick . One of the company added , ' A merry Andrew , a buffoon . ' JOHNSON . ' But he has ...
... look for some time of ' surly virtue ' , ' but , in a short while , of complacency . Foote being mentioned , Johnson said , ' He is not a good mimick . One of the company added , ' A merry Andrew , a buffoon . ' JOHNSON . ' But he has ...
88. oldal
... look for information . ' Since I wrote , I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea , and think it excellent . How is the suit carried on ? If by subscription , I commission you to contribute , in my name , what is proper . Let nothing be ...
... look for information . ' Since I wrote , I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea , and think it excellent . How is the suit carried on ? If by subscription , I commission you to contribute , in my name , what is proper . Let nothing be ...
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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?