 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...all times when he had a house'. ' 'Johnson turned his house,' writes Lord Macaulay, ' into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence.' (Essays, \. 390). In his Biography of Johnson (p. 388) he says that Mrs. Williams's 'chief recommendations... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...all times when he had a house1. 1 'Johnson turned his house,' writes Lord Macaulay, ' into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence.' (Essays, i. 390). In his Biography of Johnson (p. 388) he says that Mrs. Williams's 'chief recommendations... | |
 | 1831 - 652 oldal
...home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to hint ridiculous; and he scarcely felt sufficient compassion... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 oldal
...home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to him ridiculous ; and he scarcely felt sufficient compassion... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 oldal
...home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to him ridiculous; and he scarcely felt sufficient compassion... | |
 | Stephen Collins - 1842 - 318 oldal
...home, on his shoulders, a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...could all their peevishness and ingratitude weary oat his benevolence." This is a fine view of the character of the great English moralist. "His dwelling... | |
 | Stephen Collins - 1845 - 324 oldal
...home, on his shoulders, a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence." This is a fine view cf the character of the great English moralist. "His dwelling was a kind of moral... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 oldal
...home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to him ridiculous ; and he scarcely felt sufficient compassion... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 oldal
...a. sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a'crowd n, even from those w wear}' out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to him ridiculous; and he scarcely... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 oldal
...home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house into a place of refuge for a crowd of wretched old creatures who could...peevishness and ingratitude weary out his benevolence. But the pangs of wounded vanity seemed to him ridiculous ; and he scarcely felt sufficient compassion... | |
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But for the suffering which a harsh word inflicts upon a delicate mind, he had no pity ; for it was a kind of suffering which he could scarcely conceive. He would carry home on his shoulders a sick and starving girl from the streets. He turned his house... 
