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... Latin and accommodated to our idiom , were such an improvement of the
language as greatly tended to enrich it : Cave therefore thought him a fit person
to conduct this part of his monthly publication , and , dismissing Guthrie ,
committed the ...
... Latin and accommodated to our idiom , were such an improvement of the
language as greatly tended to enrich it : Cave therefore thought him a fit person
to conduct this part of his monthly publication , and , dismissing Guthrie ,
committed the ...
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In aping this faculty I have seen Warburton disconcerted , and when he would
fain have been thought a man of pleasantry , not a little out of countenance . · I
have already mentioned , that Johnson ' s motive for the institution of this society
was ...
In aping this faculty I have seen Warburton disconcerted , and when he would
fain have been thought a man of pleasantry , not a little out of countenance . · I
have already mentioned , that Johnson ' s motive for the institution of this society
was ...
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+ Many sayings of princes have been thought worthy of recording . I recollect one
, of George the second , which , for the elegance of it , deserves to be
remembered . In the rebellion in 1745 , Mr . Thornton , a Yorkshire gentleman ,
raised , at ...
+ Many sayings of princes have been thought worthy of recording . I recollect one
, of George the second , which , for the elegance of it , deserves to be
remembered . In the rebellion in 1745 , Mr . Thornton , a Yorkshire gentleman ,
raised , at ...
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ments of the streets , he thought it must needs be altogether na• tural ; for he
could not believe that men would be at the pains to beat stones into the ground to
walk upon . He stood dumb at • the door of his lodging with the greatest
admiration ...
ments of the streets , he thought it must needs be altogether na• tural ; for he
could not believe that men would be at the pains to beat stones into the ground to
walk upon . He stood dumb at • the door of his lodging with the greatest
admiration ...
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This generous offer Johnson thought proper to decline by a letter , of which the
following is an authentic copy , being taken from his own draft now in my hands .
My LORD , ? After a long and not inattentive observation of ? mankind , the ...
This generous offer Johnson thought proper to decline by a letter , of which the
following is an authentic copy , being taken from his own draft now in my hands .
My LORD , ? After a long and not inattentive observation of ? mankind , 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.
Bibliográfiai információk
| 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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