The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Том 1Derby & Jackson, 1860 |
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... March , 1717-18 , exactly at six o'clock in the afternoon , and to continue till all be sold . Catalogues are given out at the place of sale , or by Michael Johnson of Lichfield . " To all Gentlemen , Ladies , and others , in and near ...
... March , 1717-18 , exactly at six o'clock in the afternoon , and to continue till all be sold . Catalogues are given out at the place of sale , or by Michael Johnson of Lichfield . " To all Gentlemen , Ladies , and others , in and near ...
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... . 252 - MARKLAND . s It appears by the newspapers of the time , that on the 30th of March , 1712 , two hundred persons were touched by Queen Anne . CHAPTER II . 1716-1728 . Johnson goes to School at 40 1712 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... . 252 - MARKLAND . s It appears by the newspapers of the time , that on the 30th of March , 1712 , two hundred persons were touched by Queen Anne . CHAPTER II . 1716-1728 . Johnson goes to School at 40 1712 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be con . scious by comparison ; the intellectual difference ...
... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be con . scious by comparison ; the intellectual difference ...
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... March 21 , 1815. ] 2 It seems , as Dr. Hall suggests , probable that this is a mistake for 1730 : Johnson appears to have remained in college during the vacation of 1729 , and we have no trace of him in the year 1780 , during which he ...
... March 21 , 1815. ] 2 It seems , as Dr. Hall suggests , probable that this is a mistake for 1730 : Johnson appears to have remained in college during the vacation of 1729 , and we have no trace of him in the year 1780 , during which he ...
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... March 8- " In the night between the last of February and first of this month , I had a sudden relief from the inexplicable disorder , which occasionally clouds my mind and makes me miserable . " - From the originals in the possession of ...
... March 8- " In the night between the last of February and first of this month , I had a sudden relief from the inexplicable disorder , which occasionally clouds my mind and makes me miserable . " - From the originals in the possession of ...
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Страница 215 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Страница 59 - I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fare, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Страница 118 - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Страница 216 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Страница 184 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Страница 330 - He had sagacity enough to cultivate assiduously the acquaintance of Johnson, and his faculties were gradually enlarged by the contemplation of such a model. To me and many others it appeared that he studiously copied the manner of Johnson, though, indeed, upon a smaller scale.
Страница 31 - But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from...
Страница 205 - ... fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers, just come in from the country. Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the honest gardeners stared so at his figure and manner, and odd interference, that he soon saw his services were not relished. They then repaired to one of the neighbouring taverns, and made a bowl of that liquor called Bishop...
Страница 71 - James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Страница 241 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.