The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 1. kötet |
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DEAR SIR , « In supposing that I should be more than commonly affected by the
death of Peregrine Langton , you were not mistaken ; he was one of those whom I
loved at once by instinct and by reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of ...
DEAR SIR , « In supposing that I should be more than commonly affected by the
death of Peregrine Langton , you were not mistaken ; he was one of those whom I
loved at once by instinct and by reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of ...
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He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ;
and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost
by them ; however , they furnished him with no further assistance towards his ...
He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ;
and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost
by them ; however , they furnished him with no further assistance towards his ...
59. oldal
Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single paragraph of
one of your letters ; the temptation to it was so strong . An irrevocable grant of
your friend . ship , and your dignifying my desire of visiting Corsica with the
epithet of ...
Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single paragraph of
one of your letters ; the temptation to it was so strong . An irrevocable grant of
your friend . ship , and your dignifying my desire of visiting Corsica with the
epithet of ...
94. oldal
Johnson did not answer it ; but 8 I have since had reason to think that I was
mistaken ; for I have been informed by a lady , who was long intimate with her ,
and likely to be a more accurate obseryer of such matters , that she had acquired
such ...
Johnson did not answer it ; but 8 I have since had reason to think that I was
mistaken ; for I have been informed by a lady , who was long intimate with her ,
and likely to be a more accurate obseryer of such matters , that she had acquired
such ...
96. oldal
It is not from reason and prudence that people marry , but froin inclination . A man
is poor ; he thinks , I cannot be worse , and so I ' ll e ' en take Peggy . ' BOSWELL .
“ But have not nations been more populous at one period than another ?
It is not from reason and prudence that people marry , but froin inclination . A man
is poor ; he thinks , I cannot be worse , and so I ' ll e ' en take Peggy . ' BOSWELL .
“ But have not nations been more populous at one period than another ?
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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.