Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His CriticsSmith, Elder, 1878 - 345 страници |
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... write about Johnson would justly incur the same kind of criticism as that which Johnson himself passed on one of the writers of his time . How , ' he says ' must the unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that.
... write about Johnson would justly incur the same kind of criticism as that which Johnson himself passed on one of the writers of his time . How , ' he says ' must the unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that.
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... writes , ' under my excellent tutor , but also to the perusal of the best English writers . Scarcely a day passed without my having added to my stock of knowledge some new fact or idea ; and I remem- ber with satisfaction the pleasure I ...
... writes , ' under my excellent tutor , but also to the perusal of the best English writers . Scarcely a day passed without my having added to my stock of knowledge some new fact or idea ; and I remem- ber with satisfaction the pleasure I ...
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... writes . It was at my first - coming quite new and handsome . ' and ' he prided himself , ' as we learn from Lord Stowell , ' in being accurately academic in all points ; and he wore his gown almost ostentatiously . ' The Christ Church ...
... writes . It was at my first - coming quite new and handsome . ' and ' he prided himself , ' as we learn from Lord Stowell , ' in being accurately academic in all points ; and he wore his gown almost ostentatiously . ' The Christ Church ...
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... writes , ' One always remembers that story of the shoes at Oxford : the rough , seamy - faced , raw - boned college servitor stalking about in winter season with his shoes worn out ; how the charit- able gentleman - commoner secretly ...
... writes , ' One always remembers that story of the shoes at Oxford : the rough , seamy - faced , raw - boned college servitor stalking about in winter season with his shoes worn out ; how the charit- able gentleman - commoner secretly ...
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... writes , by order of the Master , to go round to the rooms of the young men , and knocking at the door to enquire if they were within and if no answer was returned to report them absent . Johnson could not endure this intrusion , and ...
... writes , by order of the Master , to go round to the rooms of the young men , and knocking at the door to enquire if they were within and if no answer was returned to report them absent . Johnson could not endure this intrusion , and ...
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Страница 64 - The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Страница 8 - O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
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Страница 198 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Страница 266 - He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleetditch.
Страница 196 - Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both.
Страница 171 - Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot, bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about the dignity of a born gentleman, yet stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London...
Страница 313 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Страница 141 - 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 I .knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.
Страница 184 - The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of this kind.