The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous : to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies : Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley ... [and 5 others], 1804 - 394 oldal |
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... receiving Sentence 89 Dr. Dodd's Sermon to his Fellow Convicts 91 Page Page A. Aphorisms 130 Ability Abstinence 130 Appearances 131 129 Applause 131 Academy 115 Army 130 Accident 130 Art 131 Actions 103 Arts 120 Address 129 Assurances ...
... receiving Sentence 89 Dr. Dodd's Sermon to his Fellow Convicts 91 Page Page A. Aphorisms 130 Ability Abstinence 130 Appearances 131 129 Applause 131 Academy 115 Army 130 Accident 130 Art 131 Actions 103 Arts 120 Address 129 Assurances ...
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... received a remarkable fine Stilton cheese as a pre- sent from some person who had packed and directed it carefully ... receive honours in his native country , and meets with mortification instead of respect , was by him considered as a ...
... received a remarkable fine Stilton cheese as a pre- sent from some person who had packed and directed it carefully ... receive honours in his native country , and meets with mortification instead of respect , was by him considered as a ...
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... received us at her husband's seat in Wales with less attention than he had long been accustomed to , he had a rougher denunciation : " That woman ( cries Johnson ) is like sour small - beer , the beverage of her table . " Mr. Johnson's ...
... received us at her husband's seat in Wales with less attention than he had long been accustomed to , he had a rougher denunciation : " That woman ( cries Johnson ) is like sour small - beer , the beverage of her table . " Mr. Johnson's ...
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... received his applause , and . thanked him for his reproofs , much to the amazement of her husband , who could scarcely believe his own ears . All these exactnesses in a man who was nothing less than exact himself , made him extremely ...
... received his applause , and . thanked him for his reproofs , much to the amazement of her husband , who could scarcely believe his own ears . All these exactnesses in a man who was nothing less than exact himself , made him extremely ...
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... received by his brother , and how he liked him . " " To tell you the truth , " says the man , " I never delivered your letter . " " Not delivered my letter ! " says Peter , " how came that about ? " " Why the fact is , I saw enough of ...
... received by his brother , and how he liked him . " " To tell you the truth , " says the man , " I never delivered your letter . " " Not delivered my letter ! " says Peter , " how came that about ? " " Why the fact is , I saw enough of ...
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47. oldal - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
46. oldal - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
256. oldal - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. 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.
46. oldal - World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
47. oldal - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
138. oldal - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
119. oldal - His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands; Or views his coffers with suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies.
47. oldal - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
91. oldal - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely ; who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
270. oldal - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...