The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...Harper & Brothers, 1840 |
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... , there is , besides , a rule of justice to which the public have an undoubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship should not be suffered to represent his VOL . I. - B virtues with exaggeration ; nor should malignity be allowed ,
... , there is , besides , a rule of justice to which the public have an undoubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship should not be suffered to represent his VOL . I. - B virtues with exaggeration ; nor should malignity be allowed ,
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... admired his talents . It is said that she had about eight hundred pounds ; and that sum , to a person in Johnson's cir- cumstances , was an affluent fortune . A marriage took place ; and , to turn his wife's money to the best advantage ...
... admired his talents . It is said that she had about eight hundred pounds ; and that sum , to a person in Johnson's cir- cumstances , was an affluent fortune . A marriage took place ; and , to turn his wife's money to the best advantage ...
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... admiration was received by the wife with the flutter of an antiquated coquette ; and both , it is well known , furnished matter for the lively genius of Garrick . 66 to He It is a mortifying reflection , that Johnson , with a store of ...
... admiration was received by the wife with the flutter of an antiquated coquette ; and both , it is well known , furnished matter for the lively genius of Garrick . 66 to He It is a mortifying reflection , that Johnson , with a store of ...
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... admired . The whole has been collected in two volumes by Mr. Stockdale . That Johnson was the author of the debates during that period was not generally known ; but the secret transpired several years af- terward , and was avowed by ...
... admired . The whole has been collected in two volumes by Mr. Stockdale . That Johnson was the author of the debates during that period was not generally known ; but the secret transpired several years af- terward , and was avowed by ...
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... admire , and respect ; but whom it is so impossible for me to love , that I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company . His figure ( without being deformed ) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human ...
... admire , and respect ; but whom it is so impossible for me to love , that I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company . His figure ( without being deformed ) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human ...
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Page 35 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 242 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Page 28 - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Page 69 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 242 - All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Page 259 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Page 245 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Page 183 - ... to our happiness. There is certainly no greater felicity, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
Page 272 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Page 100 - ... to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other ; such are the changes that keep the mind in action ; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated ; we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.