The British Prose Writers, 16. kötetJ. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... would give what I have . " Johnson was much pleased with his answer , and we gave him a double fare . Dr. Johnson then turning to Boswell , said , " Sir , a de- sire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; EDUCATION . 13.
... would give what I have . " Johnson was much pleased with his answer , and we gave him a double fare . Dr. Johnson then turning to Boswell , said , " Sir , a de- sire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; EDUCATION . 13.
14. oldal
sire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not de- bauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge . " He said of Garrick : " He has not Latin enough . He finds out the ...
sire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not de- bauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge . " He said of Garrick : " He has not Latin enough . He finds out the ...
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... natural to assert the dignity of riches , by persisting in oppression . The argument which attempts to prove the impropriety of restoring him to the school , by alleging that he has lost the con- fidence of the people , is not the ...
... natural to assert the dignity of riches , by persisting in oppression . The argument which attempts to prove the impropriety of restoring him to the school , by alleging that he has lost the con- fidence of the people , is not the ...
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... nature , and go to bed and rise just as nature gives us light or withholds it ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; for then we should have no kind of equality in the partition of our time between sleeping and waking . It would be very different ...
... nature , and go to bed and rise just as nature gives us light or withholds it ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; for then we should have no kind of equality in the partition of our time between sleeping and waking . It would be very different ...
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... nature ; obser- ving , “ Sir , it is all conjecture about a thing use- less , even were it known to be true . Knowledge of all kinds is good . Conjecture , as to things useful , is good ; but conjecture as to what it would be use- less ...
... nature ; obser- ving , “ Sir , it is all conjecture about a thing use- less , even were it known to be true . Knowledge of all kinds is good . Conjecture , as to things useful , is good ; but conjecture as to what it would be use- less ...
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afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation David Garrick dine doubt drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour human humour instance Jacobite John judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion Pembroke college pleased poem poor principles racter religion remark says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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89. oldal - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
23. oldal - ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.
110. oldal - ... thinking how different a place London is to different people. They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the consideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it merely as the seat of government in its different departments ; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle ; a mercantile man, as a place where a prodigious deal of business is done upon 'Change ; a...
138. oldal - He used frequently to observe that men might be very eminent in a profession, without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.
7. oldal - I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
132. oldal - Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
35. oldal - Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet ,with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling-, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...
153. oldal - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant, ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine, which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner* of the cellars.' I would have a man great in great things, and elegant in little things.
162. 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.
60. oldal - Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals.