The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Том 2 |
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The gentleman answered , they were once to be called the Drake and the Ralegh
, but now they were to be called the Resolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . “
Much better ; for had the Ralegh returned without going round the world , it ...
The gentleman answered , they were once to be called the Drake and the Ralegh
, but now they were to be called the Resolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . “
Much better ; for had the Ralegh returned without going round the world , it ...
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Johnson . Why , Sir , we must either suppose that passage to be metaphorical , or
hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed souls do not all
at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable . ” BOSWELL .
Johnson . Why , Sir , we must either suppose that passage to be metaphorical , or
hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed souls do not all
at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable . ” BOSWELL .
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The first view of it did not strike us so much as Ranelagh , of which he said , the “
coup d'ail was the finest thing he had ever The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more
beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once ...
The first view of it did not strike us so much as Ranelagh , of which he said , the “
coup d'ail was the finest thing he had ever The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more
beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once ...
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The General at once relieved him , by this beautiful image : “ Monsieur Goldsmith
est comme la mer , qui jette des perles et beau - coup d'autres belles choses ,
sans s'en appercevoir . ” GOLDSMITH . " Très bien dit , et très élégamment .
The General at once relieved him , by this beautiful image : “ Monsieur Goldsmith
est comme la mer , qui jette des perles et beau - coup d'autres belles choses ,
sans s'en appercevoir . ” GOLDSMITH . " Très bien dit , et très élégamment .
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Suppose a man either from fear , or pride , or conscience , or whatever motive ,
has resolved to kill himself ; when once the resolution is taken , he has nothing to
fear . He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose , at the head of his
...
Suppose a man either from fear , or pride , or conscience , or whatever motive ,
has resolved to kill himself ; when once the resolution is taken , he has nothing to
fear . He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose , at the head of his
...
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Страница 426 - Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Страница 166 - 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 444 - He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
Страница 369 - tis too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Страница 442 - ... dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution, so that I was inclined to rush into the thickest part of the battle. ' Sir, (said he,) I should never hear it, if it made me such a fool.
Страница 316 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth, is that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.
Страница 422 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Страница 73 - the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads and, envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," continued ht;, " consists in making them talk like little fishes.
Страница 23 - 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 437 - I asked whether Prior's poems were to be printed entire ; Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of Prior, in his preface to a collection of " Sacred Poems," by various hands, published by him at Edinburgh a great many years ago, where he mentions " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author.
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| Заглавие | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the ..., Том 2 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, James Boswell |
| Автор | James Boswell |
| Илюстрации от | Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Edwin, Thomas Wightman |
| Сътрудници | William Andrews, Lemuel Blake, Cushing & Appleton, Greenough & Stebbins |
| Издател | W. Andrews and L. Blake, and Cushing and Appleton, Salem, 1807 |
| Оригиналът е от | Нюйоркската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 11 юли 2007 |
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