The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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viii. oldal
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprized if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprized if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
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... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a be- nevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think ...
... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a be- nevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think ...
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... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
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... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " From this timę 5 Mrs. Piozzi has given a strange ...
... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " From this timę 5 Mrs. Piozzi has given a strange ...
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... perhaps , in point of elegance and accomplishments , inferiour to few of those with whom he was afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards mar- ried to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzher- bert ...
... perhaps , in point of elegance and accomplishments , inferiour to few of those with whom he was afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards mar- ried to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzher- bert ...
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227. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
226. 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.
226. oldal - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
194. oldal - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of...
372. oldal - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
225. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
54. oldal - His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
164. oldal - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
171. oldal - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
xxxii. oldal - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.