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... appeared re- markably strong at times . When Boswell talked of the advancement of the Scotch in literature , " Sir , " said he , " you have learnt a little from us , and you think yourselves very great men . Hume would ne- ver have ...
... appeared re- markably strong at times . When Boswell talked of the advancement of the Scotch in literature , " Sir , " said he , " you have learnt a little from us , and you think yourselves very great men . Hume would ne- ver have ...
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... appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe , and he was for the moment not only serious , but vehement . Yet I have heard him , upon other occasions , talk with great contempt of people who were anxious to gratify their palates ; and the ...
... appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe , and he was for the moment not only serious , but vehement . Yet I have heard him , upon other occasions , talk with great contempt of people who were anxious to gratify their palates ; and the ...
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... appearance , to do so . One part or the other of his body being more used than the rest , he is in some degree deformed : but , sir , that is not luxury . A tailor sits cross - legged ; but that is not luxury . " GOLDSMITH . " Come ...
... appearance , to do so . One part or the other of his body being more used than the rest , he is in some degree deformed : but , sir , that is not luxury . A tailor sits cross - legged ; but that is not luxury . " GOLDSMITH . " Come ...
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... appearance I supposed I should make to Johnson and the other gentlemen whom I had invited , not being able to receive them at home , and being obliged to order supper at the Mitre . I went to Johnson in the morning , and talked of it as ...
... appearance I supposed I should make to Johnson and the other gentlemen whom I had invited , not being able to receive them at home , and being obliged to order supper at the Mitre . I went to Johnson in the morning , and talked of it as ...
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... appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of religion and morality , that he might ...
... appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of religion and morality , that he might ...
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appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation dine drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour house of lords human humour instance Jacobite John Johnson observed judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion pleased poem poor racter religion remark Robert Dodsley says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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Страница 34 - An historian ! My dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of this age ?
Страница 109 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.
Страница 54 - ... notion that a woman of spirit should use her lover like a dog. So, sir, at first she told me that I rode too fast, and she could not keep up with me ; and, when I rode a little slower, she passed me, and complained that I lagged behind. I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end. I therefore pushed on briskly, till I was fairly out of her sight. The road lay between two hedges, so I was sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon...
Страница 16 - Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Страница 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.
Страница 7 - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learu, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped — and gets his task — and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief: you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Страница 161 - I believe they might be good beings; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.
Страница 28 - Would you eat your dinner that day, Sir ?" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; and eat it as if he were eating with me. Why, there's Baretti, who is to be tried for his life to-morrow, friends have risen up for him on every side; yet if he should be hanged, none of them will eat a slice of plum-pudding the less. Sir, that sympathetic feeling goes a very little way in depressing the mind.
Страница 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Страница 167 - ... supposing your arguments to be -weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right.