The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, 5. kötet1821 |
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42. oldal
... characters of your tenants , and the value of your lands . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Boswell ; I think her expectations from air and exercise are the best that she can form . I hope she will live long and happily . " I forgot ...
... characters of your tenants , and the value of your lands . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Boswell ; I think her expectations from air and exercise are the best that she can form . I hope she will live long and happily . " I forgot ...
49. oldal
... character and new duties ; think on them and practise them . " Make an impartial estimate of your revenue , and whatever it is , live upon less . Resolve never to be poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence ...
... character and new duties ; think on them and practise them . " Make an impartial estimate of your revenue , and whatever it is , live upon less . Resolve never to be poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence ...
57. oldal
... character , and the events of his life , when he does not choose it should be done . I never have sought the world ; the world was not to seek me . It is rather wonderful that so much has been done for me . All the complaints which are ...
... character , and the events of his life , when he does not choose it should be done . I never have sought the world ; the world was not to seek me . It is rather wonderful that so much has been done for me . All the complaints which are ...
60. oldal
... characters : " In fairer scenes , where peaceful pleasures spring , Tityrus , the pride of Mantuan swains , might sing ; But charmed by him , or smitten with his views , Shall modern poets court the Mantuan muse ? From Truth and Nature ...
... characters : " In fairer scenes , where peaceful pleasures spring , Tityrus , the pride of Mantuan swains , might sing ; But charmed by him , or smitten with his views , Shall modern poets court the Mantuan muse ? From Truth and Nature ...
63. oldal
... character . Talking of him to me one day , he said , " It is wonderful , sir , with how little real superiority of mind men can make an eminent figure in publick life . " He expressed himself to the same purpose concerning another law ...
... character . Talking of him to me one day , he said , " It is wonderful , sir , with how little real superiority of mind men can make an eminent figure in publick life . " He expressed himself to the same purpose concerning another law ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance afraid answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention August 16 authour believe Bennet Langton Bishop Brocklesby Burney character Club compliments consider conversation curious death dined dropsy edition eminent expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy honour Hoole hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL kind lady Langton learned less letter Levett Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Eliot Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion Pembroke College perhaps physicians pleased pleasure pounds Pray prayers pretty woman publick received recollect remarkable respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed shew shewn sick sincere Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Windham wish wonder write written wrote young
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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...