The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, 1. kötet1821 |
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... I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I should be liberally under- stood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the 1 pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed viii DEDICATION .
... I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I should be liberally under- stood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the 1 pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed viii DEDICATION .
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I ...
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... effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this extensive biographical Work , however in- ferior in its nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY ...
... effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this extensive biographical Work , however in- ferior in its nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY ...
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... effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities ...
... effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities ...
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... effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that " his mother had not carried him far enough , she should have taken him to ROME ...
... effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that " his mother had not carried him far enough , she should have taken him to ROME ...
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177. 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 Addison...
206. oldal - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since 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...
152. 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 resign'd...
103. oldal - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
210. oldal - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
157. oldal - a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
49. oldal - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
65. oldal - Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance, with swelled cheeks, of a florid red, produced by thick painting, and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastic in her dress, and affected both in her speech and her general behaviour.
40. oldal - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and 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'.
44. oldal - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.