The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Том 31821 |
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... Judges , who is called the Lord Ordinary ; and if either party is dissatisfied , he may appeal to the whole Court , consisting of fifteen , the Lord President and fourteen other Judges , who have both in and out of Court the title of ...
... Judges , who is called the Lord Ordinary ; and if either party is dissatisfied , he may appeal to the whole Court , consisting of fifteen , the Lord President and fourteen other Judges , who have both in and out of Court the title of ...
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... judge , both from his silence and his looks , appeared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , oc- casioned by his late political Publications . " It ap- peared previous to his " Taxation no Tyranny ...
... judge , both from his silence and his looks , appeared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , oc- casioned by his late political Publications . " It ap- peared previous to his " Taxation no Tyranny ...
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... judge as Johnson had formed of his abilities , and I asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in sense . I did not perceive any ...
... judge as Johnson had formed of his abilities , and I asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in sense . I did not perceive any ...
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... a century hence , " as if he could live so long . 1 Plin . Epist . Lib . ii . Ep . 3 . 2 [ Mr. Davies was here mistaken . Corelli never was in Eng- land . B. ] 6 We got into an argument whether the Judges who 66 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... a century hence , " as if he could live so long . 1 Plin . Epist . Lib . ii . Ep . 3 . 2 [ Mr. Davies was here mistaken . Corelli never was in Eng- land . B. ] 6 We got into an argument whether the Judges who 66 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. 6 We got into an argument whether the Judges who went to India might with propriety ... Judge , sir , can give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that he should employ what time he has ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. 6 We got into an argument whether the Judges who went to India might with propriety ... Judge , sir , can give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that he should employ what time he has ...
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Страница 276 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
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Страница 69 - I wrote for some months in The Universal Visitor, for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. I hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine returned to me, and I wrote in The Universal Visitor no longer.
Страница 349 - 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.
Страница 173 - ... tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.