The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Two Volumes, Volume 1Henry Baldwin, 1791 - 516 pages |
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... once , and I am fure not above twice . Johnfon might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
... once , and I am fure not above twice . Johnfon might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
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... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expofe me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expofe me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
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... once himself of his being much diftinguished at fchool , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never faid , Johnson is as good a fcholar as fuch a one ; but fuch a one is as good a scholar as ...
... once himself of his being much diftinguished at fchool , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never faid , Johnson is as good a fcholar as fuch a one ; but fuch a one is as good a scholar as ...
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... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to prefs , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he fees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath furround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wife ...
... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to prefs , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he fees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath furround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wife ...
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... once they knew ; Vexation , Fury , Jealoufy , Defpair , Vex ev'ry eye , and every bofom tear ; Their foul deformities by all defcry'd , No maid to flatter , and no paint to hide . Then melt , ye fair , while crouds around you figh , Nor ...
... once they knew ; Vexation , Fury , Jealoufy , Defpair , Vex ev'ry eye , and every bofom tear ; Their foul deformities by all defcry'd , No maid to flatter , and no paint to hide . Then melt , ye fair , while crouds around you figh , Nor ...
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Page 296 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Page 142 - Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Page 239 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring• to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. So you hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
Page 141 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 142 - 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 243 - One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, ' Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Page 225 - I was dressed and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 252 - I could not find words to express what I felt upon this unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON. " Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
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Page 141 - 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.