Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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91. oldal
... returning in about three hours , said , he had been with an enraged author , whose land- lady pressed him for payment within doors , while the bailiffs beset him without ; that he was drinking himself drunk with Madeira to drown care ...
... returning in about three hours , said , he had been with an enraged author , whose land- lady pressed him for payment within doors , while the bailiffs beset him without ; that he was drinking himself drunk with Madeira to drown care ...
107. oldal
... returned to London , and Mr. Johnson and myself were left alone , with only our usual family about us , " I did not quarrel with those Quaker fellows , " said he , very seri- ously . You did perfectly right , replied I ; for they gave ...
... returned to London , and Mr. Johnson and myself were left alone , with only our usual family about us , " I did not quarrel with those Quaker fellows , " said he , very seri- ously . You did perfectly right , replied I ; for they gave ...
112. oldal
... returned me for answer , " that the maxim was evidently false , and founded on ignorance of human life : that the servants would kick the dog the sooner for having obtained such a sanc- tion to their severity : and I once ( added he ) ...
... returned me for answer , " that the maxim was evidently false , and founded on ignorance of human life : that the servants would kick the dog the sooner for having obtained such a sanc- tion to their severity : and I once ( added he ) ...
123. oldal
... returned her regard ? " He felt her in- fluence too powerfully ( replied Mr. Johnson ) : no man will be fond of what forces him daily to feel himself inferior . She stood at the door of her paradise in Derbyshire , like the angel with ...
... returned her regard ? " He felt her in- fluence too powerfully ( replied Mr. Johnson ) : no man will be fond of what forces him daily to feel himself inferior . She stood at the door of her paradise in Derbyshire , like the angel with ...
133. oldal
... returned for answer Dr. Johnson . Well , sir ! replies the other somewhat mortified , God made it . " Cer- tainly he did ( answers Mr. Johnson again ) ; but we must always remember that he made it for Scotchmen , and comparisons are ...
... returned for answer Dr. Johnson . Well , sir ! replies the other somewhat mortified , God made it . " Cer- tainly he did ( answers Mr. Johnson again ) ; but we must always remember that he made it for Scotchmen , and comparisons are ...
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