Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with His Essay on JohnsonLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 110 страници |
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... passed a happy childhood . From the time that he was three years old , he gave proof of a remark- able literary faculty . He read incessantly , for the most part lying on the rug before the fire , with his book on the floor , and a ...
... passed a happy childhood . From the time that he was three years old , he gave proof of a remark- able literary faculty . He read incessantly , for the most part lying on the rug before the fire , with his book on the floor , and a ...
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... passed a happy childhood . From the time that he was three years old , he gave proof of a remark- able literary faculty . He read incessantly , for the most part lying on the rug before the fire , with his book on the floor , and a ...
... passed a happy childhood . From the time that he was three years old , he gave proof of a remark- able literary faculty . He read incessantly , for the most part lying on the rug before the fire , with his book on the floor , and a ...
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... passed a waking hour without a book before . him . Speaking of a journey from England to Ireland , he says , As I could not read , I used an excellent substi- tute for reading . I went through Paradise Lost , ' in my head . " Latin ...
... passed a waking hour without a book before . him . Speaking of a journey from England to Ireland , he says , As I could not read , I used an excellent substi- tute for reading . I went through Paradise Lost , ' in my head . " Latin ...
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... passing these admirable qualities by with hasty recognition , point to some serious shortcomings . It is the purpose of this Introduction to help the student to see both the merits and the faults of Macaulay as an essayist . What , then ...
... passing these admirable qualities by with hasty recognition , point to some serious shortcomings . It is the purpose of this Introduction to help the student to see both the merits and the faults of Macaulay as an essayist . What , then ...
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... passed over what was dull . An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way : but much that was dull 20 to ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel . He read little Greek : for his proficiency in that ...
... passed over what was dull . An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way : but much that was dull 20 to ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel . He read little Greek : for his proficiency in that ...
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Страница 51 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Страница 47 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Страница 34 - is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat : this shows he has good principles.
Страница 29 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all.
Страница 34 - Let us not be found, when our Master calls us, stripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues. Alas ! sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Страница 41 - This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.
Страница 36 - But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown? The crown has not power enough.
Страница 35 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure!
Страница xi - May'st thou live to know and fear Him, Trust and love Him all thy days ; Then go dwell for ever near Him, See His face, and sing His praise...
Страница 29 - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...