The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, 5. kötet1821 |
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... Johnson that " Mr. Young , son of Dr. Young , the authour of Night Thoughts , ' whom I had just left , desired to have the honour of seeing him at the house where his father lived . " Dr. Johnson luckily made no inquiry how this ...
... Johnson that " Mr. Young , son of Dr. Young , the authour of Night Thoughts , ' whom I had just left , desired to have the honour of seeing him at the house where his father lived . " Dr. Johnson luckily made no inquiry how this ...
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... Johnson thought this must be a mistake ; for he had never seen a subscription - book . Upon the road we talked of the uncertainty of profit with which authours and booksellers engage in the publication of literary works . JOHNSON . " My ...
... Johnson thought this must be a mistake ; for he had never seen a subscription - book . Upon the road we talked of the uncertainty of profit with which authours and booksellers engage in the publication of literary works . JOHNSON . " My ...
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... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
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... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
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... JOHNSON . " On the day on which this letter was written , he thus feelingly mentions his respected friend , and phy- sician , Dr. Lawrence : - " Poor Lawrence has almost lost the sense of hearing ; and I have lost the con- versation of ...
... JOHNSON . " On the day on which this letter was written , he thus feelingly mentions his respected friend , and phy- sician , Dr. Lawrence : - " Poor Lawrence has almost lost the sense of hearing ; and I have lost the con- versation of ...
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288. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
187. oldal - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
24. oldal - His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the' Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
24. oldal - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
314. oldal - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
166. oldal - Bacon * upon this subject : testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a crossbow, which has equal force though shot by a child.
183. oldal - But may not a man attain to such a degree of hope as not to be uneasy from the fear of death ? ' JOHNSON. 'A man may have such a degree of hope as to keep him quiet. You see I am not quiet, from the vehemence with which I talk ; but I do not despair.' MRS. ADAMS. 'You seem, Sir, to forget the merits of our Redeemer.
109. oldal - I was alarmed, and prayed God, that, however he might afflict my body, he would spare my understanding. This prayer, that I might try the integrity of my faculties, I made in Latin verse. The lines were not very good, but 1 knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.
257. oldal - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago, I desired to atone for this fault ; I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bare-headed in the rain, on the spot where my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.
318. oldal - ... from a Spirit of contradiction, and a delight in shewing his powers, he would often maintain the wrong side with equal warmth and ingenuity ; so that, when there was an audience, his real opinions could seldom be gathered from his talk...