Boswell's Life of JohnsonC. Scribner's sons, 1917 - 574 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 40.
Страница 2
... excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I furnish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronologi- cal series of Johnson's life , which I trace as ...
... excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I furnish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronologi- cal series of Johnson's life , which I trace as ...
Страница 8
... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of emi- nence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of emi- nence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
Страница 17
... excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that upon the second floor , over the ...
... excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that upon the second floor , over the ...
Страница 19
... excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme that his shoes were worn out , and his feet appeared through them , he saw that this humiliat- ing circumstance was ...
... excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme that his shoes were worn out , and his feet appeared through them , he saw that this humiliat- ing circumstance was ...
Страница 25
... excellent and valuable qualifications ; and , had I a son of my own , it would be my ambition , instead of sending him to the University , to dispose of him as this young gentle- man is . ' He , and another neighbour of mine , one Mr ...
... excellent and valuable qualifications ; and , had I a son of my own , it would be my ambition , instead of sending him to the University , to dispose of him as this young gentle- man is . ' He , and another neighbour of mine , one Mr ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink Edited eminent entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth University of Oxford Whig Wilkes wine wish wonder write wrote
Популярни откъси
Страница 64 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;*— * that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Страница 127 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Страница 65 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord. " Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant,
Страница 190 - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all
Страница 230 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Страница 119 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
Страница 64 - Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the Water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help.
Страница 64 - I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Publick should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with...
Страница 107 - ... him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
Страница 339 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.