Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell). |
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... RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE . " What hopes , what terrors does thy gift create , Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle , ensign of supreme command , Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a ...
... RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE . " What hopes , what terrors does thy gift create , Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle , ensign of supreme command , Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a ...
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... received . " His father accompanied him to Oxford , and , in pre- senting his son to the University Magnates , was loud in the praises of his boy . Johnson's figure and manner , indeed , occa- sioned some surprise ; but his modesty and ...
... received . " His father accompanied him to Oxford , and , in pre- senting his son to the University Magnates , was loud in the praises of his boy . Johnson's figure and manner , indeed , occa- sioned some surprise ; but his modesty and ...
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... received twenty pounds , being all that I have reason to hope for out of my father's effects , pre- vious to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune ...
... received twenty pounds , being all that I have reason to hope for out of my father's effects , pre- vious to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune ...
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... received from those who did ; often he got nothing more than the names of the speakers and the side they had taken in debate . Upon such slender foundations are some very big things reared . It is right , however , to add , that ...
... received from those who did ; often he got nothing more than the names of the speakers and the side they had taken in debate . Upon such slender foundations are some very big things reared . It is right , however , to add , that ...
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... receiving their bounty , which would make him happy for life , ' by not being ' a Master of Arts ; ' which , by the statutes of this school , the master of it must be . " " Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think that I have ...
... receiving their bounty , which would make him happy for life , ' by not being ' a Master of Arts ; ' which , by the statutes of this school , the master of it must be . " " Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think that I have ...
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Page 63 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 62 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 111 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England !" ' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 245 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 216 - Please to make my most respectful compliments to all the ladies, and remember me to young George and his sisters. I reckon George begins to show a pair of heels. " Do not be sullen now, but let me find a letter when I come back. "I am, dear Sir, " Your affectionate humble servant,
Page 100 - I found that I had a very perfect idea of Johnson's figure, from the portrait of him painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds soon after he had published his Dictionary, in the attitude of sitting in his easy chair in deep...
Page 355 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 146 - He answered, he was not, for he had pretty well told the world what he knew, and must now read to acquire more knowledge. The King, as it should seem with a view to urge him to rely on his own stores as an original writer, and to continue his labours, then said " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well.
Page 196 - When Sir Joshua mentioned this to Dr. Johnson, he was much displeased with the actor's conceit. 'He'll be of us, (said Johnson) how does he know we will permit him ? The first Duke in England has no right to hold such language.
Page 225 - Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, Sir ; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another.