The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. A Reprint of the First Edition, to which are Added Mr. Boswell's Corrections and Aditions, Issued in 1792; the Variations of the Second Edition, with Some of the Author's Notes Prepared for the Third, 3. kötetS. Sonnenschein & Company, Limited, 1900 |
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3. oldal
... once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " the test of his ...
... once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " the test of his ...
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... Once when Mr. Seward was going to Bath , and asked his commands , he said , ' Tell Dr. Harrington that I wish he ... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as , Quos ...
... Once when Mr. Seward was going to Bath , and asked his commands , he said , ' Tell Dr. Harrington that I wish he ... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as , Quos ...
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... once to Dr. Johnson , that he wished for some additional members to the LITERARY CLUB , to give it an agreeable variety ; for ( said he ) there can now be nothing new among us : we have travelled over one another's minds . Johnson ...
... once to Dr. Johnson , that he wished for some additional members to the LITERARY CLUB , to give it an agreeable variety ; for ( said he ) there can now be nothing new among us : we have travelled over one another's minds . Johnson ...
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... once observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company together . No matter , Sir , ( said Johnson ) ; they consider it as a compliment to be talked to , as if they were wiser than ...
... once observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company together . No matter , Sir , ( said Johnson ) ; they consider it as a compliment to be talked to , as if they were wiser than ...
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... once occurred : As if he meant to reprimand my minute exactness as a creditor , he thus addressed me ; - ' Boswell , lend me sixpence - not to be repaid . ' " This great man's attention to small things was very remarkable . As an ...
... once occurred : As if he meant to reprimand my minute exactness as a creditor , he thus addressed me ; - ' Boswell , lend me sixpence - not to be repaid . ' " This great man's attention to small things was very remarkable . As an ...
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422. oldal - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
213. oldal - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
174. oldal - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
284. oldal - ... whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
109. oldal - If I interpret your letter right, you are ignominiously married ; if it is yet undone, let us once more talk together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief ! If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought you the first of womankind, entreat that, before your fate is irrevocable, I may once more...
94. oldal - That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote...
85. oldal - ... men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
177. oldal - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
337. oldal - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
40. oldal - Mrs. Siddons promised she would do herself the honour of acting his favourite part for him ; but many circumstances happened to prevent the representation of King Henry the Eighth during the Doctor's life.