The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven- tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . " Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords , as ...
... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven- tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . " Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords , as ...
Pàgina 6
... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
Pàgina 8
... observed , that they often occasioned obscurity ; he therefore contrived to construct his sentences so as not to have occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words , in order to avoid them . Nothing is more common than ...
... observed , that they often occasioned obscurity ; he therefore contrived to construct his sentences so as not to have occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words , in order to avoid them . Nothing is more common than ...
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... observed he was a fine cat , saying , ' why , yes , Sir , but I have had cats whom I liked better than this ; ' and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance , adding , but he is a very fine cat , a very fine cat indeed ...
... observed he was a fine cat , saying , ' why , yes , Sir , but I have had cats whom I liked better than this ; ' and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance , adding , but he is a very fine cat , a very fine cat indeed ...
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... observed , that the number of inhabitants was not increased . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , the bills of mortality prove that no more people die now than formerly ; so it is plain no more live . Births are nothing , for not one tenth of the ...
... observed , that the number of inhabitants was not increased . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , the bills of mortality prove that no more people die now than formerly ; so it is plain no more live . Births are nothing , for not one tenth of the ...
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Passatges populars
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.