Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... true . A woman of fortune being used to the handling of money , spends it judiciously : but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great ...
... true . A woman of fortune being used to the handling of money , spends it judiciously : but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great ...
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... true ; 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for some time a Professor in the Uni- versity of Glasgow , has uttered , in his Wealth of Nations [ v . 1 , iii . 2 ] , some reflections upon this subject which are certainly not well founded , and seem ...
... true ; 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for some time a Professor in the Uni- versity of Glasgow , has uttered , in his Wealth of Nations [ v . 1 , iii . 2 ] , some reflections upon this subject which are certainly not well founded , and seem ...
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... true only of the Protestant coun- tries . In Roman Catholic countries and England where benefices are rich , the Church is continually drain- ing the universities of all their ablest members . In Scotland and Protes- tant countries ...
... true only of the Protestant coun- tries . In Roman Catholic countries and England where benefices are rich , the Church is continually drain- ing the universities of all their ablest members . In Scotland and Protes- tant countries ...
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... true , in every material circumstance : -Shiels was the prin- cipal collector and digester of the materials for the work : but as he was very raw in authourship , an in- different writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms ...
... true , in every material circumstance : -Shiels was the prin- cipal collector and digester of the materials for the work : but as he was very raw in authourship , an in- different writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms ...
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... true , you have now shortened Mrs. Thrale's life , perhaps , some minutes , by accelerating her pulsation . ' On Thursday , April 11 , I dined with him at General Paoli's , ( No. 555 ) his obligation to his as- sistants . In a ...
... true , you have now shortened Mrs. Thrale's life , perhaps , some minutes , by accelerating her pulsation . ' On Thursday , April 11 , I dined with him at General Paoli's , ( No. 555 ) his obligation to his as- sistants . In a ...
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Страница 455 - 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 of thinking beings.
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Страница 268 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
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Страница 85 - 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.
Страница 11 - Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value, is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel. Every man who attacks my belief diminishes, in some degree, my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy ; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith called in question ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact.