Dr. JohnsonV. Golancz, 1928 - 203 pages |
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Page 44
... meeting ; he never acted in a charity tableau ; he never read a paper to a society ; he never joined a League for the Prevention of anybody doing anything . To know London was to " explore Wapping , " to talk to prostitutes and carry ...
... meeting ; he never acted in a charity tableau ; he never read a paper to a society ; he never joined a League for the Prevention of anybody doing anything . To know London was to " explore Wapping , " to talk to prostitutes and carry ...
Page 46
... meetings and committees might it be aptly quoted ! Yet Johnson , even when he speaks on a theme so real to him as that of the miseries of poverty , is not quite able to keep himself free from a cant of which he was afterwards to become ...
... meetings and committees might it be aptly quoted ! Yet Johnson , even when he speaks on a theme so real to him as that of the miseries of poverty , is not quite able to keep himself free from a cant of which he was afterwards to become ...
Page 90
... meeting Wordsworth wandering , would ever have mistaken him for a cloud . Beaded bubbles do not wink . A nightingale singing never charmed a window - whatever that may mean - and all this Keats very well knew . The purpose of art is not ...
... meeting Wordsworth wandering , would ever have mistaken him for a cloud . Beaded bubbles do not wink . A nightingale singing never charmed a window - whatever that may mean - and all this Keats very well knew . The purpose of art is not ...
Page 99
... meeting between Boswell and his master in Tom Davies's parlour will know that Johnson would never allow another to speak any evil of David Garrick . Yet it was only that the monopoly might be reserved to himself . Garrick was very well ...
... meeting between Boswell and his master in Tom Davies's parlour will know that Johnson would never allow another to speak any evil of David Garrick . Yet it was only that the monopoly might be reserved to himself . Garrick was very well ...
Page 108
... meeting was in 1752 at the house of Miss Cotterell . The ladies there were lamenting the loss of a friend and benefactor . " You have , however , " said Reynolds , " the comfort of being relieved from a burden of gratitude . " It was ...
... meeting was in 1752 at the house of Miss Cotterell . The ladies there were lamenting the loss of a friend and benefactor . " You have , however , " said Reynolds , " the comfort of being relieved from a burden of gratitude . " It was ...
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Page 194 - Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills Affection's eye, Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor, letter'd Arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined.
Page 24 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the...
Page 181 - Mr. Wilkes was very assiduous in helping him to some fine veal. "Pray give me leave, Sir: — It is better here — A little of the brown — Some fat, Sir — A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter — Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange; — or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — "Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Page 60 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not...
Page 53 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 61 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 38 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness...
Page 20 - Madam, I beg your pardon for the abruptness of my departure from your house this morning, but I was constrained to it by my conscience. Fifty years ago, Madam, on this day, I committed a breach of filial piety, which has ever since lain heavy on my mind, and has not till this day been expiated.
Page 37 - Campbell is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years * ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat. This shows that he has good principles.
Page 121 - By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.