The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 4J. B. Lyon, 1889 |
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Pàgina 11
... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
Pàgina 27
... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is ) , " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is ) , " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
Pàgina 39
... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
Pàgina 48
... , and when the idea is a simple one , common to all mankind , like old age , the language which has no single expression for it , is , so far , imperfect . - C . whether I had shown an over - exultation , which 48 ย LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... , and when the idea is a simple one , common to all mankind , like old age , the language which has no single expression for it , is , so far , imperfect . - C . whether I had shown an over - exultation , which 48 ย LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Pàgina 58
... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a French author says , ' Il ...
... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a French author says , ' Il ...
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Pàgina 208 - And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; and the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Pàgina 218 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Pàgina 34 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe...
Pàgina 212 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Pàgina 171 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One...
Pàgina 172 - ... question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made.
Pàgina 192 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Pàgina 450 - ... and acts of goodness, however comparatively great; so that the unavoidable consciousness of his superiority was, in that respect, a cause of disquiet. He suffered so much from this, and from the gloom which perpetually haunted him, and made solitude frightful, that it may be said of him, " If in this life only he had hope, he was of all men most miserable.
Pàgina 364 - That he is infinitely good, as far as the perfection of his nature will allow, I certainly believe; but it is necessary for good upon the whole, that individuals should be punished. As to an individual, therefore, he is not infinitely good ; and as I cannot be sure that I have fulfilled the conditions on which salvation is granted, I am afraid I may be one of those who shall be damned.
Pàgina 449 - He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.