Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, 6. kötetHarper, 1891 |
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xii. oldal
... of Norwich , A Letter to Adam Smith , Oxford , 1777 ; Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects , London , 1808 . HORNE , Rev. John . See ToOKE , Horne . HORREBOW , Niels , Natural History of Iceland , London xii Titles of many of the.
... of Norwich , A Letter to Adam Smith , Oxford , 1777 ; Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects , London , 1808 . HORNE , Rev. John . See ToOKE , Horne . HORREBOW , Niels , Natural History of Iceland , London xii Titles of many of the.
xiii. oldal
... Natural History of Iceland , London , 1758 . House of Lords , Scotch Appeal Cases , vol . xvii . HOWELL , James , Epistolæ , London , 1737 . HOWELL , T. B. and T. J. , State Trials , 33 vols . , London , 1809-1826 . HUME , David ...
... Natural History of Iceland , London , 1758 . House of Lords , Scotch Appeal Cases , vol . xvii . HOWELL , James , Epistolæ , London , 1737 . HOWELL , T. B. and T. J. , State Trials , 33 vols . , London , 1809-1826 . HUME , David ...
xxiii. oldal
... natural and artificial . ' A description of the remarkable Animals in every Country , whether Beasts , Birds or Fishes . ' An account of the Buildings , whether ancient or modern , and of Ruins or other remains of Antiquity . ' Remarks ...
... natural and artificial . ' A description of the remarkable Animals in every Country , whether Beasts , Birds or Fishes . ' An account of the Buildings , whether ancient or modern , and of Ruins or other remains of Antiquity . ' Remarks ...
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... natural taste and feelings ; the second are those who know and judge by rules ; and the third are those who know , but are above the rules . These last are those those you should wish to satisfy . Next to them Notes . xliii.
... natural taste and feelings ; the second are those who know and judge by rules ; and the third are those who know , but are above the rules . These last are those those you should wish to satisfy . Next to them Notes . xliii.
xliv. oldal
... natural judges ; but ever despise those opinions that are formed by the rules .'- Mme . D'Arblay's Diary , i . 180. Later on she writes : — ' The natural feelings of untaught hearers ought never to be slighted ; and Dr. Johnson has told ...
... natural judges ; but ever despise those opinions that are formed by the rules .'- Mme . D'Arblay's Diary , i . 180. Later on she writes : — ' The natural feelings of untaught hearers ought never to be slighted ; and Dr. Johnson has told ...
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322. oldal - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
315. oldal - Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.
lxvi. oldal - My ardour, which soon became conspicuous, seldom failed of procuring me a ticket. The habits of pleasure fortified my taste for the French theatre, and that taste has perhaps abated my idolatry for the gigantic genius of Shakespeare, which is inculcated from our infancy as the first duty of an Englishman.
lxiv. oldal - I was willing, and I am now willing, to allow him a handsome share of the honour of my conversion: yet I must observe that it was principally effected by my private reflections; and I still remember my solitary transport at the discovery of a philosophical argument against the doctrine of transubstantiation...
301. oldal - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
320. oldal - Sir, a man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society, than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet.
xxviii. oldal - When I was with you last night I told you of a story x which I was preparing for the press. The title will be ' The Choice of Life or The History of Prince of Abissinia.
309. oldal - We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
318. oldal - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, "Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
310. oldal - If all this had happened to me, I should have had a couple of fellows with long poles walking before me, to knock down everybody that stood in the way. Consider, if all this had happened to Gibber or Quin, they'd have jumped over the moon. Yet Garrick speaks to us" (smiling). BOSWELL : " And Garrick is a very good man, a charitable man.