Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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18. oldal
... telling why , because his real opinion is then required . Or , if he has other daughters who know of her frailty , he ... tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his friend's daughter is not obliged to ...
... telling why , because his real opinion is then required . Or , if he has other daughters who know of her frailty , he ... tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his friend's daughter is not obliged to ...
38. oldal
... tell what it is . ' On Friday , April 12 , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr. Cradock , of Leicestershire , authour of Zobeide , a tragedy ; a very pleasing gentleman , to whom my friend Dr. Farmer's very ...
... tell what it is . ' On Friday , April 12 , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr. Cradock , of Leicestershire , authour of Zobeide , a tragedy ; a very pleasing gentleman , to whom my friend Dr. Farmer's very ...
41. oldal
... telling a story ' . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne2 , now one of the Scotch Judges , with the title of Lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy ...
... telling a story ' . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne2 , now one of the Scotch Judges , with the title of Lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy ...
49. oldal
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New - Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people ...
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New - Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people ...
50. oldal
... tell of their religion . ' On Monday , April 29 , he and I made an excursion to Bristol , where I was entertained with seeing him enquire upon the spot , into the authenticity of ' Rowley's Poetry ' , ' as I had seen him enquire upon ...
... tell of their religion . ' On Monday , April 29 , he and I made an excursion to Bristol , where I was entertained with seeing him enquire upon the spot , into the authenticity of ' Rowley's Poetry ' , ' as I had seen him enquire upon ...
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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.