Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... kind of be- lief that Edmund Burke does ; he has so much knowledge , so much animation , and the consciousness of so much fame . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 212 . See ante , i . 446 . Thrale's , 6 The projected tour to Italy . [ A.D. 1776.
... kind of be- lief that Edmund Burke does ; he has so much knowledge , so much animation , and the consciousness of so much fame . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 212 . See ante , i . 446 . Thrale's , 6 The projected tour to Italy . [ A.D. 1776.
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... kind of grain . He did not take meat . He drank green tea . At one time he weighed thirty - two stones . His work shews the great change in the use of fermented liquors since his time . Thus he says : - ' For nearly twenty years I ...
... kind of grain . He did not take meat . He drank green tea . At one time he weighed thirty - two stones . His work shews the great change in the use of fermented liquors since his time . Thus he says : - ' For nearly twenty years I ...
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... 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 drinking , as by the common ' Obscenity and impiety , ' Johnson ...
... 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 drinking , as by the common ' Obscenity and impiety , ' Johnson ...
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... kind note from Dr. Johnson , that he should sit at home all the evening . I went to him directly , and before Mr. and Mrs. Thrale returned , we had by ourselves some hours of tea - drinking and talk . I shall group together such of his ...
... kind note from Dr. Johnson , that he should sit at home all the evening . I went to him directly , and before Mr. and Mrs. Thrale returned , we had by ourselves some hours of tea - drinking and talk . I shall group together such of his ...
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... Fields in expectation that Wilkes would go thence to the House of Commons . Some kind of a riot arose , a procla- mation was made in the terms of the Riot - Act , and the soldiers firing by Of Blair's GRAVE . Of the father of one of our.
... Fields in expectation that Wilkes would go thence to the House of Commons . Some kind of a riot arose , a procla- mation was made in the terms of the Riot - Act , and the soldiers firing by Of Blair's GRAVE . Of the father of one of our.
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455. oldal - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
201. oldal - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, ' how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ?' and in his conversation with Mr.
455. oldal - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
88. oldal - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.
159. oldal - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn-door Stoutly struts his dames before...
72. oldal - All this may be ; the people's voice is odd ; It is, and it is not, the voice of God. To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool.
268. oldal - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
36. 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 traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
85. oldal - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
11. oldal - Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value, is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel. Every man who attacks my belief diminishes, in some degree, my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy ; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith called in question ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact.