Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His CriticsSmith, Elder, 1878 - 345 страници |
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... given in his celebrated Review , which I had once accepted without misgiving , now seemed to me singularly unjust and distorted . Even the Life of Johnson that he contributed to the ' Ency- clopædia Britannica , ' finely though it is ...
... given in his celebrated Review , which I had once accepted without misgiving , now seemed to me singularly unjust and distorted . Even the Life of Johnson that he contributed to the ' Ency- clopædia Britannica , ' finely though it is ...
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... the permission they have kindly given me to use in this volume my various contributions to their papers . GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL . THE POPLARS , Burghfield ; May 28 , 1878 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I , OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME II xii PREFACE .
... the permission they have kindly given me to use in this volume my various contributions to their papers . GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL . THE POPLARS , Burghfield ; May 28 , 1878 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I , OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME II xii PREFACE .
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... University itself he could . find nothing to make up for the shameless neglect of his college ; for in the University the greater part of the public professors had for these many years given up altogether B 2 OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME . 3.
... University itself he could . find nothing to make up for the shameless neglect of his college ; for in the University the greater part of the public professors had for these many years given up altogether B 2 OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME . 3.
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George Birkbeck Norman Hill. public professors had for these many years given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.1 But just as may be the picture that we shall thus raise before ourselves of Magdalen College , just as may be the ...
George Birkbeck Norman Hill. public professors had for these many years given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.1 But just as may be the picture that we shall thus raise before ourselves of Magdalen College , just as may be the ...
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... given in much the same way as the composition of these ' Debates ' was managed . Thus , if we may trust Prideaux , Dean of Norwich , Christ Church under Dean Aldrich was , though not the worst , yet one of the worst colleges in Oxford ...
... given in much the same way as the composition of these ' Debates ' was managed . Thus , if we may trust Prideaux , Dean of Norwich , Christ Church under Dean Aldrich was , though not the worst , yet one of the worst colleges in Oxford ...
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Страница 215 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Страница 62 - The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Страница 48 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Страница 209 - ... at a very early period, marked his character, gathered such strength in his twentieth year, as to afflict him in a dreadful manner. While he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729 ', he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience ; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery.
Страница 196 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Страница 262 - He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleetditch.
Страница 6 - O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Страница 212 - I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed riveted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite...
Страница 194 - Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both.
Страница 169 - Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot, bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about the dignity of a born gentleman, yet stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London...