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... proper to settle , with authentick precision , what has long floated in publick
report , as to Johnson ' s being himself the authour of a considerN . It is
remarkable that Mr . Gray has employed somewhat the same image to
characterise Dryden .
... proper to settle , with authentick precision , what has long floated in publick
report , as to Johnson ' s being himself the authour of a considerN . It is
remarkable that Mr . Gray has employed somewhat the same image to
characterise Dryden .
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And , Sir , the Presbyterians have no publick worship : they have no form of
prayer in which they know they are to join . They go to hear a man pray , and are
to judge whether they will join with him . ” BosweLL . “ But , Sir , their doctrine is
the ...
And , Sir , the Presbyterians have no publick worship : they have no form of
prayer in which they know they are to join . They go to hear a man pray , and are
to judge whether they will join with him . ” BosweLL . “ But , Sir , their doctrine is
the ...
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Sir Adam expressed some apprehension that the Pantheon would encourage
luxury . “ Sir , ( said Johnson , ) I am a great friend to publick amusements ; for
they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me , ) would have
been ...
Sir Adam expressed some apprehension that the Pantheon would encourage
luxury . “ Sir , ( said Johnson , ) I am a great friend to publick amusements ; for
they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me , ) would have
been ...
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I found in the London Chronicle , Dr . Goldsmith ' s apology to the publick for
beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraphê in a news . paper
published by him , which Goldsmith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of
his ...
I found in the London Chronicle , Dr . Goldsmith ' s apology to the publick for
beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraphê in a news . paper
published by him , which Goldsmith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of
his ...
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An eminent publick character being mentioned ; - JOHNSON . 66 . I remember
being present when he shewed himself to be so corrupted , or at least something
so different from what I think right , as to maintain , that a member of parliament ...
An eminent publick character being mentioned ; - JOHNSON . 66 . I remember
being present when he shewed himself to be so corrupted , or at least something
so different from what I think right , as to maintain , that a member of parliament ...
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470. oldal - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
356. oldal - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
246. oldal - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
228. oldal - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
49. oldal - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
74. oldal - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
191. oldal - I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
6. oldal - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
257. oldal - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
469. oldal - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 1. kötet The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Edmond Malone |
| Szerző | James Boswell |
| Szerkesztő | Edmond Malone |
| Kiadás | 5 |
| Kiadás éve: | 1807 |
| Eredeti forrása | Oxfordi Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. jún. 18. |
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