The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 4J. B. Lyon, 1889 |
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Pàgina 14
... instance , I am curious to see if this frost has not nipped my fruit trees . " JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but ...
... instance , I am curious to see if this frost has not nipped my fruit trees . " JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but ...
Pàgina 19
... ing the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " justly considered as due to it . Of this , ÆTAT 69 . 19 CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
... ing the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " justly considered as due to it . Of this , ÆTAT 69 . 19 CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
Pàgina 20
... instances may be men- tioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerons company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he ...
... instances may be men- tioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerons company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he ...
Pàgina 22
... instance which I discovered of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gen- 4 1 In the ...
... instance which I discovered of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gen- 4 1 In the ...
Pàgina 23
... instance of a gentleman , who I thought was not dishonoured by it . JOHNSON . " Ay , but he was , Sir . He could not mouth and strut as he used to do , after having been there . People are not willing to ask a man to their tables , who ...
... instance of a gentleman , who I thought was not dishonoured by it . JOHNSON . " Ay , but he was , Sir . He could not mouth and strut as he used to do , after having been there . People are not willing to ask a man to their tables , who ...
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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.