Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell). |
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... seen any divine significance in that ugly , unimposing figure loafing about the Agora , and teaching new disreputable doctrines ? again , how many of those who have a distinct vision of the contrast between the aspect presented by ...
... seen any divine significance in that ugly , unimposing figure loafing about the Agora , and teaching new disreputable doctrines ? again , how many of those who have a distinct vision of the contrast between the aspect presented by ...
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... seen wild revelry which had its source far on the other side of mirth . Poor Johnson's laughter and revelry were , just then , of this truly pitiable sort . Some of his Oxford contemporaries used to relate that " he was generally seen ...
... seen wild revelry which had its source far on the other side of mirth . Poor Johnson's laughter and revelry were , just then , of this truly pitiable sort . Some of his Oxford contemporaries used to relate that " he was generally seen ...
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... seen , and will do it at a very low rate . I think the terms of war and navigation might be comprised , with good explanations , in one 8vo pica , which he is willing to do for twelve . shillings a sheet , to be made up a guinea at the ...
... seen , and will do it at a very low rate . I think the terms of war and navigation might be comprised , with good explanations , in one 8vo pica , which he is willing to do for twelve . shillings a sheet , to be made up a guinea at the ...
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... seen the end of his distresses even yet . The biographies of the great are not always cheerful reading : the noblest man Scotland ever produced is left to die like a dog , and Samuel Johnson , with the bravest heart and the manliest ...
... seen the end of his distresses even yet . The biographies of the great are not always cheerful reading : the noblest man Scotland ever produced is left to die like a dog , and Samuel Johnson , with the bravest heart and the manliest ...
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... seen before by anybody . " It was a tremendous business for a single man to undertake ; but it was Johnson's work by undoubted fore - ordination — massive , large , laborious , and only to be carried through by an iron will and an iron ...
... seen before by anybody . " It was a tremendous business for a single man to undertake ; but it was Johnson's work by undoubted fore - ordination — massive , large , laborious , and only to be carried through by an iron will and an iron ...
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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.