The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including A Journal of a Tour to the HebridesJohn W. Lovell, 1852 |
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Pàgina 7
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier , too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier , too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
Pàgina 8
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON : “ Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON : “ Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
Pàgina 9
... learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a ...
... learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a ...
Pàgina 10
... learning and ingenuity upon the general question ; which , however , was not decided , as the court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ; but ...
... learning and ingenuity upon the general question ; which , however , was not decided , as the court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ; but ...
Pàgina 15
... learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drunk ...
... learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drunk ...
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Pàgina 101 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Pàgina 96 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Pàgina 187 - You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
Pàgina 7 - A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, "A man who had not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Pàgina 101 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Pàgina 104 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Pàgina 96 - Goldsmith was a plant that flowered late. There appeared nothing remarkable about him when he was young; though when he had got high in fame, one of his friends' began to recollect something of his being distinguished at college". Goldsmith in the same manner recollected more of that friend's early years, as he grew a greater man.
Pàgina 59 - tis too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss ; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last, a fleeting gleam, or empty sound ; Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flame. And mirth was bounty with an humbler name.
Pàgina 47 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Pàgina 234 - Wakefield, which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge : ' 'I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing."' BOSWBLL. 'That was a fine passage.' JOHNSON. 'Yes, Sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out: "When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave this over; for, I found that generally what was new was false.