The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Том 31821 |
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... JOHNSON , " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . 66 Edinburgh , May 12 , 1771 . " LORD HAILESs has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm ...
... JOHNSON , " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . 66 Edinburgh , May 12 , 1771 . " LORD HAILESs has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm ...
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... Johnson esteemed him much . He hung up in the counting - house a fine proof of the admirable mezzotinto of Dr. Johnson , by Doughty ; and when Mrs. Thrale asked him some- what flippantly , " Why do you put him up in the counting- house ...
... Johnson esteemed him much . He hung up in the counting - house a fine proof of the admirable mezzotinto of Dr. Johnson , by Doughty ; and when Mrs. Thrale asked him some- what flippantly , " Why do you put him up in the counting- house ...
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... Johnson having for a moment quitted a chair which was placed for him between the side - scenes , a gentleman took possession of it , and when Johnson on his return civilly demanded his seat , rudely refused to give it up ; upon which ...
... Johnson having for a moment quitted a chair which was placed for him between the side - scenes , a gentleman took possession of it , and when Johnson on his return civilly demanded his seat , rudely refused to give it up ; upon which ...
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... Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! ” That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman , so as to have entertained an undue ... JOHNSON . made Johnson provide himself with the same,im- ...
... Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! ” That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman , so as to have entertained an undue ... JOHNSON . made Johnson provide himself with the same,im- ...
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... Johnson does not see why Mr. Boswell should suppose a Scotchman less acceptable than any other man . He will be at the Mitre . " My much - valued friend Dr. Barnard , now Bishop of Killaloe , having once expressed to him an appre ...
... Johnson does not see why Mr. Boswell should suppose a Scotchman less acceptable than any other man . He will be at the Mitre . " My much - valued friend Dr. Barnard , now Bishop of Killaloe , having once expressed to him an appre ...
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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.
Страница 173 - He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines: — ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round. Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
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.