Boswell's Life of Johnson, 3. kötetA. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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8. oldal
... wonderful story that upon the approach of a stranger all the inhabitants catch cold ; 1 but that it had been so well authenticated , he deter- mined to retain it . JOHNSON : Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely because people ...
... wonderful story that upon the approach of a stranger all the inhabitants catch cold ; 1 but that it had been so well authenticated , he deter- mined to retain it . JOHNSON : Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely because people ...
12. oldal
... wonderful mimic , and used to make me laugh im- moderately . I have heard she is now gone mad . ' BOSWELL : It is amazing how a mimic can not only give you the gestures and voice of a person whom he represents ; but even what a person ...
... wonderful mimic , and used to make me laugh im- moderately . I have heard she is now gone mad . ' BOSWELL : It is amazing how a mimic can not only give you the gestures and voice of a person whom he represents ; but even what a person ...
40. oldal
... awake , when his mind was impressed with the solemn pre- sentiment with which the fact afterwards happened so wonderfully to correspond . thorpe said he was with Colonel Cecil when Pope came 40 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1772.
... awake , when his mind was impressed with the solemn pre- sentiment with which the fact afterwards happened so wonderfully to correspond . thorpe said he was with Colonel Cecil when Pope came 40 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1772.
50. oldal
... wonderful agility . Johnson sat in great impatience till the gentleman had finished his tedious narrative , and theu burst out ( playfully , however ) , ' It is a pity , sir , that you have not seen a lion ; 50 [ 1772 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... wonderful agility . Johnson sat in great impatience till the gentleman had finished his tedious narrative , and theu burst out ( playfully , however ) , ' It is a pity , sir , that you have not seen a lion ; 50 [ 1772 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
58. oldal
... wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his composition began and where it ended . But that I may do im- partial justice , and conform to the great rule of Courts , Suum cuique tribuito , I must add , that their Lordships in ...
... wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his composition began and where it ended . But that I may do im- partial justice , and conform to the great rule of Courts , Suum cuique tribuito , I must add , that their Lordships in ...
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acquaintance admiration afraid appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better bookseller 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 glad Goldsmith happy Hebrides 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 sure talked tavern tell things Thomas Boswell thought Thrale tion told truth wish wonder write written wrote
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263. 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.
263. 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.
44. 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.
263. 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.
237. oldal - For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
87. 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.
109. 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.
45. 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.