The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 1J. B. Lyon, 1880 |
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Pàgina viii
... College , Oxford , from which he was enabled to throw unexpected light on some of the earlier chap- ters of Dr. Johnson's personal career ; those of the Rev. Dr. Har- wood , the historian of Lichfield , who procured for him , through ...
... College , Oxford , from which he was enabled to throw unexpected light on some of the earlier chap- ters of Dr. Johnson's personal career ; those of the Rev. Dr. Har- wood , the historian of Lichfield , who procured for him , through ...
Pàgina xix
... College , Oxford - His College Life - The " Morbid Melancholy " lurking in his Constitution gains strength - Translates Pope's Messiah into Latin Verse - His Course of Reading at Oxford - Quits College , CHAPTER IV . 1731-1736 . .. 543 ...
... College , Oxford - His College Life - The " Morbid Melancholy " lurking in his Constitution gains strength - Translates Pope's Messiah into Latin Verse - His Course of Reading at Oxford - Quits College , CHAPTER IV . 1731-1736 . .. 543 ...
Pàgina xxxi
... College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had know Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what ...
... College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had know Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what ...
Pàgina 33
... College , and at his matri- culation , designated himself as filius generosi . - CROKER . " " * Michael Johnson , the father of Samuel , was a bookseller at Lichfield ; a very pious and worthy man , but wrong - headed , positive , and ...
... College , and at his matri- culation , designated himself as filius generosi . - CROKER . " " * Michael Johnson , the father of Samuel , was a bookseller at Lichfield ; a very pious and worthy man , but wrong - headed , positive , and ...
Pàgina 53
... College , told me , I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there . " In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in future periods of his life , we must not regard his own ...
... College , told me , I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there . " In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in future periods of his life , we must not regard his own ...
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acquaintance admiration afterwards answer appears Baretti believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop bookseller Boswell Boswell's Burney Cave character College conversation David Garrick dear Sir death desire Dictionary died Dodsley doubt edition eminent English Essay excellent father favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL Joseph Warton kind King labour lady Langton language Latin learned letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Chesterfield LUCY PORTER manner mentioned mind Miss mother never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College perhaps person pleased pleasure poem poet praise published Rambler received recollect remarkable Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Savage Shakspeare Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds style suppose talk tell THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told translation truth verses Warton William wish write written wrote
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Pàgina 59 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o'er-hanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire— why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Pàgina 216 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pàgina 278 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence : and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Pàgina 375 - After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Pàgina 71 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
Pàgina 160 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Pàgina 408 - Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations'.
Pàgina 331 - But Johnson informed me, that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith and the price was sixty pounds. " And, sir," said he, " a sufficient price too, when it was sold ; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated, as it afterwards was, by his Traveller; and the bookseller had such faint hopes of profit by his bargain, that he kept the manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the Traveller had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth more money.
Pàgina 243 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Pàgina 404 - ... endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Lukes iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience all our own.