The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 1. kötet |
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Thope you make what enquiries you can , and write down what is told you . The
little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you
delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write ,
information ...
Thope you make what enquiries you can , and write down what is told you . The
little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you
delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write ,
information ...
60. oldal
Let me know of his arrival , and I will write to him . “ When I go back to London , I
will take care of your reading glass . Whenever I can do any thing for you ,
remember , my dear darling , that one of my greatest pleasures is to please you .
Let me know of his arrival , and I will write to him . “ When I go back to London , I
will take care of your reading glass . Whenever I can do any thing for you ,
remember , my dear darling , that one of my greatest pleasures is to please you .
215. oldal
Sir , Dr . Goldsmith would no inore have asked me to write such a thing as that for
him , than he would 6 [ The offence given , was a long abusive letter in the
London Packet . A particular account of this transaction , and Goldsmith ' s
Vindication ...
Sir , Dr . Goldsmith would no inore have asked me to write such a thing as that for
him , than he would 6 [ The offence given , was a long abusive letter in the
London Packet . A particular account of this transaction , and Goldsmith ' s
Vindication ...
227. oldal
It is laudable in a man to wish to live by his labours ; but he should write so as he
may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the head . I would advise him
to be at Calais before he publishes his history of the present age . A foreigner ...
It is laudable in a man to wish to live by his labours ; but he should write so as he
may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the head . I would advise him
to be at Calais before he publishes his history of the present age . A foreigner ...
338. oldal
He said very little ; but after the prologue to “ Bon Ton " had been spoken , which
he could hear pretty well from the more slow and distinct utterance , he talked on
prologue - writing , and observed , “ Dryden has written prologues superiour to ...
He said very little ; but after the prologue to “ Bon Ton " had been spoken , which
he could hear pretty well from the more slow and distinct utterance , he talked on
prologue - writing , and observed , “ Dryden has written prologues superiour to ...
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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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