The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Том 11807 |
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... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is . no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is . no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
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... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; 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 ...
... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; 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 ...
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... observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been ...
... observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been ...
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... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
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Страница 470 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Страница 356 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Страница 246 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Страница 228 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
Страница 49 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Страница 74 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Страница 191 - I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
Страница 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Страница 257 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Страница 469 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.