The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Том 31821 |
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... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 2 " I HAVE returned your play , which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . 1 We had projected a voyage ...
... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 2 " I HAVE returned your play , which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . 1 We had projected a voyage ...
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... John Dalrymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to answer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infirmary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who delivered to you your freedom , is one of my clients , and , as a citizen ...
... John Dalrymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to answer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infirmary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who delivered to you your freedom , is one of my clients , and , as a citizen ...
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... John- son's Tour with very great pleasure . Some few errours he has fallen into , but of no great import- ance , and those are lost in the numberless beauties of his work . If I had leisure , I could perhaps point out the most ...
... John- son's Tour with very great pleasure . Some few errours he has fallen into , but of no great import- ance , and those are lost in the numberless beauties of his work . If I had leisure , I could perhaps point out the most ...
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... our fellow - subjects in America . For , as early as 1769 , I was told by Dr. John Campbell , that he had said of them , " Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing 40 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... our fellow - subjects in America . For , as early as 1769 , I was told by Dr. John Campbell , that he had said of them , " Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing 40 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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... John Lord Somers , Baron of Evesham . " Dr. Johnson here speaks only to the internal evidence . I take leave to differ from him , having a very high estimation of the of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , so 46 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... John Lord Somers , Baron of Evesham . " Dr. Johnson here speaks only to the internal evidence . I take leave to differ from him , having a very high estimation of the of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , so 46 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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Страница 237 - It having been mentioned, I know not with what truth, that a certain female political writer, whose doctrines he disliked, had of late become very fond of dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge — JOHNSON : She is better employed at her toilet than using her pen. It is better she should be reddening her own cheeks, than blackening other people's characters.
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Страница 358 - Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?'" BOSWELL. " But why smite his bosom, Sir ?" JOHNSON. " Why to show he was in earnest...
Страница 226 - Reviewers (said he) are not Deists ; but they are Christians with as little Christianity as may be ; and are for pulling down all establishments. The Critical Reviewers are for supporting the constitution, both in church and state. The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.
Страница 290 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Страница 7 - He died of a fever, exasperated, as I believe, by the fear of distress. He had raised money and squandered it, by every artifice of acquisition and folly of expense. But let not his frailties be remembered ; he was a very great man.
Страница 353 - The horror of death, which I had always observed in Dr. Johnson, appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable space of time. He said, " he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him.