| James Boswell - 1852
...hear a lecture in philosophy;' and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, ' Follow me, and dethrone the Czar ;' a man would be ashamed to follow...Sir, the impression is universal : yet it is strange. ' Margaret Woffington was the elder sister of Mrs. Cholmondeley, wife of the Hon. and Rev. George Cholmondeley,... | |
| James Boswell - 1910 - 548 страници
...exhibited, as he said, at this ing together. The latter was unwearied time. — Kirkham's Life of Macklin. be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression...human misery: such crouding, such filth, such stench I" BOSWELL. «' Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON. " They are happy as brutes are happy, with a piece... | |
| William Ritchie Sorley - 1911 - 168 страници
...hear a lecture in philosophy ' ; and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, ' Follow me and dethrone the Czar,' a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. . . . The profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverence those who... | |
| Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 страници
...Johnson referred to the same subject again and again in his conversations. In 1778 he said one day, " When you look down from the quarter-deck to the space...you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crowding, such filth, such stench." One of those who were talking with him replied, " We find people... | |
| Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 страници
...and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, 'Follow me, and dethrone the Czar'; a man \vould be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression...you see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crowding, such filth, such stench!" BOSWELL: "Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON: "They are happy as brutes... | |
| Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 страници
...'Follow me, and dethrone the Cswr'; 9 man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is i universal: yet it is strange. As to the sailor, when...look down from the quarter-deck to the space below, yon see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crowding, such filth, such stench!" BOSWELL: "Yet... | |
| James Boswell - 1928 - 390 страници
...and hear a lecture on philosophy'; and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, 'Follow me, and dethrone the Czar'; a man would be ashamed to follow...Sir, the impression is universal; yet it is strange But, Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverences those... | |
| James Boswell - 1928 - 394 страници
...philosophy'; and Charles, laying his hand on hi> sword, to >ay, 'Follow me, and dethrone the Czar'ia man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal; yet it is strange But, Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverences those... | |
| Kenneth Muir, Philip Edwards - 1977 - 140 страници
...and hear a lecture in philosophy;" and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say "Follow me, and dethrone the Czar ; " a man would be ashamed to follow...the impression is universal ; yet it is strange.' Boswell, Life of Johnson, ed. G. Birkbeck Hill, revised LF Powell, (1924), m, 265-6. n. A rigorously... | |
| 1887 - 560 страници
...frame is susceptible. Mr. Johnson, in the year of 1778, described a sea life in the following terms : " As to the sailor when you look down from the quarter-deck...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human suffering, such crowding, such filth, such stench. A ship is a prison with a chance of being drowned,... | |
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