The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 3. kötet1816 |
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... means but drinking . " Beauclerk , except when ill and in pain , We stopped at Messieurs Dillys , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the Borough . I called at his house in ...
... means but drinking . " Beauclerk , except when ill and in pain , We stopped at Messieurs Dillys , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the Borough . I called at his house in ...
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... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After A gentleman , who , from his ...
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After A gentleman , who , from his ...
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... means of terrour and pity . For in- stance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively am- bitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
... means of terrour and pity . For in- stance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively am- bitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
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... and Cassio , the most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by 40 THE LIFE OF.
... and Cassio , the most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by 40 THE LIFE OF.
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... means " by stealth , " and instead of " blushing to find it fame , " acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . " I have seen no beings who do as much good from benevolence , as she does from whatever motive . If there are such under the ...
... means " by stealth , " and instead of " blushing to find it fame , " acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . " I have seen no beings who do as much good from benevolence , as she does from whatever motive . If there are such under the ...
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220. oldal - How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes T' and in his conversation with Mr.
196. oldal - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
318. oldal - ... to certainty, freedom ceases, because that cannot be certainly foreknown which is not certain at the time; but if it be certain at the time, it is a contradiction in terms to maintain that there can be afterwards any contingency dependent upon the exercise of will or any thing else." JOHNSON. " All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
398. oldal - ... perpetual jarring of those whom he charitably accommodated under his roof. He has sometimes suffered me to talk jocularly of his group of females, and call them his Seraglio. He thus mentions them, together with honest Levett, in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale : " Williams hates every body ; Levett hates Desmoulins, and does not love Williams ; Desmoulins hates them both ; Poll loves none of them.
377. oldal - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
35. oldal - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
67. oldal - Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have, is agreeable to you." JOHNSON. "What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?
66. oldal - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
332. oldal - I am a straggler. I may leave this town and go to Grand Cairo, without being missed here or observed there." EDWARDS. "Don't you eat supper, Sir?
32. oldal - Reviewers (said he) are not Deists ; but they are Christians with as little Christianity as may be ; and are for pulling down all establishments. The Critical Reviewers are for supporting the constitution, both in church and state. The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.