Boswell's Life of Johnson, 3. kötetA. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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12. oldal
... manner and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mimic says in his character . ' BOSWELL : ' I don't think Foote a good mimic , sir . ' JOHNSON ...
... manner and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mimic says in his character . ' BOSWELL : ' I don't think Foote a good mimic , sir . ' JOHNSON ...
17. oldal
... manner Dunning may be found out to be a Devonshire man . So most Scotchmen may be found out . But , sir , little aberrations are of no disadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I suppose , was past five ...
... manner Dunning may be found out to be a Devonshire man . So most Scotchmen may be found out . But , sir , little aberrations are of no disadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I suppose , was past five ...
32. oldal
... manners , and also the varieties of diction , so as to leave no doubt of its having an animated truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , 2 was ...
... manners , and also the varieties of diction , so as to leave no doubt of its having an animated truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , 2 was ...
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... manner ; and so far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : Sir , as men become in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arise , which are con- sidered to be of such importance that life must be staked ...
... manner ; and so far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : Sir , as men become in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arise , which are con- sidered to be of such importance that life must be staked ...
48. oldal
... more splendour . In like manner one loves a plain coat , another loves a laced coat ; but neither will deny that each is good in its kind . ' While I remained in London this spring I was with 48 [ 1772 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... more splendour . In like manner one loves a plain coat , another loves a laced coat ; but neither will deny that each is good in its kind . ' While I remained in London this spring I was with 48 [ 1772 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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acquaintance admiration afraid appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better bookseller brother called character church compliments consider conversation Court Court of Session dear sir DEAR SIR,-I dined Doctor of Medicine edition eminent England English Erse father favour French Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hebrides heirs-male honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Edinburgh judge King lady Langton laugh learned Lichfield live Lloyd London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam male manner means ment mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion opinion perhaps pleased poem Raasay reason recollect remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seems Sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose talked tavern tell things Thomas Boswell thought Thrale tion told truth wish wonder write written wrote
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261. oldal - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
184. oldal - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write : a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
261. oldal - as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude : when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call ; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.
42. oldal - Of our friend Goldsmith he said, " Sir, he is so much afraid of being unnoticed, that he often talks merely lest you should forget that he is in the company." BOSWELL. "Yes, he stands forward." JOHNSON. "True, Sir; but if a man is to stand forward, he should wish to do it, not in an awkward posture, not in rags, not so as that he shall only be exposed to ridicule." BOSWELL. " For my part, I like very well to hear honest Goldsmith talk away carelessly.
195. oldal - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
261. oldal - Whoe'er has travell'd 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.
235. oldal - For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
85. oldal - Robertson's work as romance, and try it by that standard. History it is not. Besides, Sir, it is the great excellence of a writer to put into his book as much as his book will hold. Goldsmith has done this in his History. Now Robertson might have put twice as much into his book. Robertson is like a man who has packed gold in wool : the wool takes up more room, than the gold.
107. oldal - ... paid to Johnson. One evening, in a circle of wits, he found fault with me for talking of Johnson as entitled to the honour of unquestionable superiority. ' Sir,' said he, ' you are for making a monarchy of what should be a republic.
43. oldal - I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.