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... master of Lichfield school ; 66 a man , " said he , " very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head master , who , according to his account , 66 was very ...
... master of Lichfield school ; 66 a man , " said he , " very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head master , who , according to his account , 66 was very ...
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... master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most in- genious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was at school ...
... master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most in- genious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was at school ...
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... master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the school . " After leaving school , he remained at home two years before he went to college . What he read du- ring this period , was not works of mere amusement ...
... master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the school . " After leaving school , he remained at home two years before he went to college . What he read du- ring this period , was not works of mere amusement ...
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... master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there . " His apartment in Pembroke college was that upon the second floor over the gateway . One day , while he was sitting ...
... master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there . " His apartment in Pembroke college was that upon the second floor over the gateway . One day , while he was sitting ...
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... master of his old college , Dr. Radcliffe , who received him very coldly . Johnson at least expected that the master would order a copy of his Dictionary , now near publica- tion ; but the master did not choose to talk on the subject ...
... master of his old college , Dr. Radcliffe , who received him very coldly . Johnson at least expected that the master would order a copy of his Dictionary , now near publica- tion ; but the master did not choose to talk on the subject ...
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Страница 16 - Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Страница 34 - An historian ! My dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of this age ?
Страница 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
Страница 109 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.
Страница 168 - ... appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality of another opinion, does not such dissimulation impair one's honesty ? Is there not some danger that a, lawyer may put on the same mask in common life, in the intercourse with his friends?
Страница 104 - 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 80 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Страница 12 - No man could have paid a handsomer compliment '; and it was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered " No, sir. When the king had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.
Страница 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Страница 105 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.