The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Том 2W. Andrews and L. Blake, and Cushing and Appleton, Salem, 1807 |
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... pleasure in seeing this place . JOHNSON . " But , Sir , there is half a guinea's worth of inferiority to other people in not having seen it . " BoswELL . " I doubt , Sir , whether there are many happy people here . " JOHNSON . " Yes ...
... pleasure in seeing this place . JOHNSON . " But , Sir , there is half a guinea's worth of inferiority to other people in not having seen it . " BoswELL . " I doubt , Sir , whether there are many happy people here . " JOHNSON . " Yes ...
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... pleasure of seeing Etat . all men free and independent . JOHNSON . " I agree 63 . with Mr. Boswell , that there must be high satisfaction in being a feudal Lord ; but we are to consider , that we ought not to wish to have a number of ...
... pleasure of seeing Etat . all men free and independent . JOHNSON . " I agree 63 . with Mr. Boswell , that there must be high satisfaction in being a feudal Lord ; but we are to consider , that we ought not to wish to have a number of ...
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... pleasure to hear that you employ upon the antiquities of the feudal establishment . The whole system of an- cient tenures is gradually passing away ; and I wish to have the knowledge of it preserved adequate and com- plete . For such an ...
... pleasure to hear that you employ upon the antiquities of the feudal establishment . The whole system of an- cient tenures is gradually passing away ; and I wish to have the knowledge of it preserved adequate and com- plete . For such an ...
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... pleasure in the recollection , ' Dum memor ipse mei , dum spiritus hos reget artus . ' I had still some thoughts , while the summer lasted , of being obliged to go to London on some little busi- ness ; otherwise I should certainly have ...
... pleasure in the recollection , ' Dum memor ipse mei , dum spiritus hos reget artus . ' I had still some thoughts , while the summer lasted , of being obliged to go to London on some little busi- ness ; otherwise I should certainly have ...
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... pleasure in help- ing you to do honour to him . But his farewell letter to the Faculty of Advocates , when he resigned the of- fice of their Librarian , should have been in Latin . " I put a question to him upon a fact in common life ...
... pleasure in help- ing you to do honour to him . But his farewell letter to the Faculty of Advocates , when he resigned the of- fice of their Librarian , should have been in Latin . " I put a question to him upon a fact in common life ...
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66 DEAR SIR 66 TO JAMES acquaintance admiration affectionate afraid afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour believe BENNET LANGTON booksellers BOSWELL TO DR character church compliments consider conversation Court of Session dined Doctor of Medicine Dodd doubt Edinburgh edition eminent England English Erse Etat favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON judge lady Langton language learned letter Lichfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets publick reason recollect remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Whig wish wonderful write written wrote
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Страница 426 - Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Страница 166 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Страница 444 - He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
Страница 369 - tis too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Страница 442 - ... dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution, so that I was inclined to rush into the thickest part of the battle. ' Sir, (said he,) I should never hear it, if it made me such a fool.
Страница 316 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth, is that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.
Страница 422 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. 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...
Страница 73 - the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads and, envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," continued ht;, " consists in making them talk like little fishes.
Страница 23 - But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown? The crown has not power enough.
Страница 437 - I asked whether Prior's poems were to be printed entire ; Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of Prior, in his preface to a collection of " Sacred Poems," by various hands, published by him at Edinburgh a great many years ago, where he mentions " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author.