The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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The following particulars are all that are worth relating of him : He stayed with
Johnson about five years , that is to say , till 1758 , and then left him , but at the
end of two years returned , and was taken again into his service . His first master
had ...
The following particulars are all that are worth relating of him : He stayed with
Johnson about five years , that is to say , till 1758 , and then left him , but at the
end of two years returned , and was taken again into his service . His first master
had ...
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tions ; and some there were , who to that end , in imitation of the Colloquia
Mensalia of Luther , and the Table - talk of Selden , not to say of the books in ana
* , as they are called , made common - places of his sayings , his precepts , and
his ...
tions ; and some there were , who to that end , in imitation of the Colloquia
Mensalia of Luther , and the Table - talk of Selden , not to say of the books in ana
* , as they are called , made common - places of his sayings , his precepts , and
his ...
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Your sabilities , since your Homer , are not so formidable ; ' and , what I hear of
your morality , inclines me to credit rather what you shall prove , than what you <
shall say . Whether Johnson was apprehensive that his adversary would put his ...
Your sabilities , since your Homer , are not so formidable ; ' and , what I hear of
your morality , inclines me to credit rather what you shall prove , than what you <
shall say . Whether Johnson was apprehensive that his adversary would put his ...
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Of this he says , that it is a position of a mighty • found , but that every man that
utters it , with whatever confidence , and every man that hears it , with whatever
acquiescence , if consent be supposed to • imply the power of refusal , feels to be
...
Of this he says , that it is a position of a mighty • found , but that every man that
utters it , with whatever confidence , and every man that hears it , with whatever
acquiescence , if consent be supposed to • imply the power of refusal , feels to be
...
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He understood it well , and had noted in his mind the changes it had at various
periods undergone , that is to say , first , in the reign of Hen . VII , when the
yeomanry were put into a state of competition with the nobility ; afterwards , when
by the ...
He understood it well , and had noted in his mind the changes it had at various
periods undergone , that is to say , first , in the reign of Hen . VII , when the
yeomanry were put into a state of competition with the nobility ; afterwards , when
by the ...
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able affected againſt alſo anſwer appear became become called character circumſtances common conduct contained continued converſation courſe death deſign engaged Engliſh exerciſe father favour firſt former frequently friends Garrick gave give given hand heard himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe human improvement inſtance intereſt Johnſon kind known labour language laſt late learning leſs letter living London looked lord manners means mentioned mind moral moſt muſt nature never obſerved occaſion once opinion particulars perſon political practice preſent principles printed profeſſion publiſhed purpoſe reaſon received reflection rendered reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeemed ſentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed theſe thing thoſe thought tion told took truth uſe whereof whole whoſe writings written young
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550. oldal - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
484. oldal - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
198. oldal - For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
289. oldal - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
360. oldal - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
342. oldal - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
62. oldal - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
126. oldal - Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the purpose for which some gentlemen appear to speak, (that of depreciating the conduct of the...
347. oldal - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
492. oldal - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.
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| Cím | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
| Szerző | Sir John Hawkins |
| Kiadó | J. Buckland, 1787 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. júl. 17. |
| Terjedelem | 602 oldal |
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