The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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... given as a translation of a Greek iambick : Ον Θεος θελει απολέσαι , πρωτ ' αποφρεται . The above scrap was found in the hand- writing of a suicide of fashion , Sir D. O. some years ago , lying on the table of the room where he had ...
... given as a translation of a Greek iambick : Ον Θεος θελει απολέσαι , πρωτ ' αποφρεται . The above scrap was found in the hand- writing of a suicide of fashion , Sir D. O. some years ago , lying on the table of the room where he had ...
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... given by Johnson to his friend . " I have no great timidity in my own disposition , and am no encourager of it in others . Never be afraid to think yourself fit for any thing for which your friends think you fit . You will become an ...
... given by Johnson to his friend . " I have no great timidity in my own disposition , and am no encourager of it in others . Never be afraid to think yourself fit for any thing for which your friends think you fit . You will become an ...
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... given to the poor , or thrown out . " BOSWELL . " I observe in London , that the poor go about and gather bones , which I understand are manufactured . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; they boil them , and extract a grease from them for ...
... given to the poor , or thrown out . " BOSWELL . " I observe in London , that the poor go about and gather bones , which I understand are manufactured . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; they boil them , and extract a grease from them for ...
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... nute account of the funeral given by Davies . The programme of the funeral , in the Garrick Club , shows that each of the six mourning coaches was drawn by six horses . 2 ✓ for his opinion : - " He is the THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 17.
... nute account of the funeral given by Davies . The programme of the funeral , in the Garrick Club , shows that each of the six mourning coaches was drawn by six horses . 2 ✓ for his opinion : - " He is the THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 17.
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... given Johnson occasion to introduce him into his Dictionary , under the article Alias . This piece was , I suppose , one of Mallet's first essays . It is preserved in his works , with several variations . Johnson now read aloud , from ...
... given Johnson occasion to introduce him into his Dictionary , under the article Alias . This piece was , I suppose , one of Mallet's first essays . It is preserved in his works , with several variations . Johnson now read aloud , from ...
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Pàgina 215 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Pàgina 176 - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
Pàgina 183 - Marmor Norfolciense ; or, an Essay on an Ancient Prophetical Inscription, in Monkish Rhyme, lately discovered near Lynne, in Norfolk, by Probus Britannicus...
Pàgina 71 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Pàgina 179 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Pàgina 353 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Pàgina 112 - I may lament it, I have no pretence to resent, as it has not been injurious to me: I therefore breathe out one sigh more of tenderness, perhaps useless, but at least sincere. I wish that God may grant you every blessing, that you may be happy in this world for its short continuance, and eternally happy in a better state ; and whatever I can contribute to your happiness I am very ready to repay, for that kindness which soothed twenty years of a life radically wretched.
Pàgina 181 - ... was in him true, evident, and actual wisdom. His moral precepts are practical, for they are drawn from an intimate acquaintance with human nature. His maxims carry conviction ; for they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery that he might have been perpetually a poet...
Pàgina 8 - It having been argued that this was an improvement.—" No, Sir," said he, eagerly, " it is not an improvement: they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
Pàgina 385 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.