The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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... thought the poems published as translations from Ossian , had so little merit , that he said , ' Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he would abandon his mind to it . ' " He said , ' A man should pass a part of his time ...
... thought the poems published as translations from Ossian , had so little merit , that he said , ' Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he would abandon his mind to it . ' " He said , ' A man should pass a part of his time ...
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... thought better , came to see his errour , and republished the work with a more constitutional spirit . Johnson , however , was unwilling to allow him full credit for his political conversion . I remember when his Lordship declined the ...
... thought better , came to see his errour , and republished the work with a more constitutional spirit . Johnson , however , was unwilling to allow him full credit for his political conversion . I remember when his Lordship declined the ...
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... thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the name of Malloch ; his changing which to one of softer sound , had given Johnson occasion to introduce him into his ...
... thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the name of Malloch ; his changing which to one of softer sound , had given Johnson occasion to introduce him into his ...
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... thought I was to bring you into Parliament ; I never had any such intention . ' In short he expressed himself in the most degrading manner , in presence of a low man from Carlisle , and one of his menial ser- vants ! The miserable state ...
... thought I was to bring you into Parliament ; I never had any such intention . ' In short he expressed himself in the most degrading manner , in presence of a low man from Carlisle , and one of his menial ser- vants ! The miserable state ...
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... thought , by which a sincere Christian might be disturbed , even when conscious of having lived a good life , so far as is consistent with human infirmity ; he might fear that he should afterwards fall away , and be guilty of such ...
... thought , by which a sincere Christian might be disturbed , even when conscious of having lived a good life , so far as is consistent with human infirmity ; he might fear that he should afterwards fall away , and be guilty of such ...
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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.