The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Том 1Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... afterwards lost the greatest part , by and losses in trade , had in his latter years reduced Mr. Johnson , from the state of competency which he had before enjoyed , to very narrow circumstances . The following is the title - page and ...
... afterwards lost the greatest part , by and losses in trade , had in his latter years reduced Mr. Johnson , from the state of competency which he had before enjoyed , to very narrow circumstances . The following is the title - page and ...
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... afterwards derived so much benefit . He told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of Heaven , " a place to which good people went , " and hell , " a place to which bad people went , " communicated to him by her ...
... afterwards derived so much benefit . He told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of Heaven , " a place to which good people went , " and hell , " a place to which bad people went , " communicated to him by her ...
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... afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ortho- graphic works , every thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy ...
... afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ortho- graphic works , every thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy ...
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... afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in ...
... afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in ...
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... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for a scholar . " He remained ...
... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for a scholar . " He remained ...
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Страница 217 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
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'er-hanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire— why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
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Страница 243 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
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 160 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Страница 217 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning', I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, ' My Lord, ' Your Lordship's most humble, ' Most obedient servant,
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Страница 159 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...