Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 42 találatból.
23. oldal
... look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he had been speaking ; and the ship which carried it having come to Portugal , this packet , with ...
... look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he had been speaking ; and the ship which carried it having come to Portugal , this packet , with ...
44. oldal
... look in the paper - drawer of the chest of drawers in my bed - chamber , for two cases ; one for the Attorney - General ' , and one for the Solicitor- General3 . They lie , I think , at the top of my papers ; otherwise they are ...
... look in the paper - drawer of the chest of drawers in my bed - chamber , for two cases ; one for the Attorney - General ' , and one for the Solicitor- General3 . They lie , I think , at the top of my papers ; otherwise they are ...
54. oldal
... look upon myself as a very polite man . ' 2 The younger Colman in his boy . hood met Johnson and Gibbon . ' Johnson was in his rusty brown and his black worsteads , and Gibbon in a suit of flowered velvet , with a bag and sword . He ...
... look upon myself as a very polite man . ' 2 The younger Colman in his boy . hood met Johnson and Gibbon . ' Johnson was in his rusty brown and his black worsteads , and Gibbon in a suit of flowered velvet , with a bag and sword . He ...
69. oldal
... look for some time of ' surly virtue ' , ' but , in a short while , of complacency . Foote being mentioned , Johnson said , ' He is not a good mimick . One of the company added , ' A merry Andrew , a buffoon . ' JOHNSON . ' But he has ...
... look for some time of ' surly virtue ' , ' but , in a short while , of complacency . Foote being mentioned , Johnson said , ' He is not a good mimick . One of the company added , ' A merry Andrew , a buffoon . ' JOHNSON . ' But he has ...
88. oldal
... look for information . Let ' Since I wrote , I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea , and think it excellent . How is the suit carried on ? If by subscription , I commission you to contribute , in my name , what is proper . nothing be ...
... look for information . Let ' Since I wrote , I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea , and think it excellent . How is the suit carried on ? If by subscription , I commission you to contribute , in my name , what is proper . nothing be ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write
Népszerű szakaszok
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.