The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 2Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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... tion for honorary prizes , being mentioned , he held them very cheap : " Bouts rimés , ( said he , ) is a mere conceit , and an old conceit now ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady . " I named a ...
... tion for honorary prizes , being mentioned , he held them very cheap : " Bouts rimés , ( said he , ) is a mere conceit , and an old conceit now ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady . " I named a ...
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... shaking his head as if to promote the fermenta- tion of his wit , doth not a man fly from his wife and children if he murders himself ? ' " many readers , and therefore poetry of a middle sort T4 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... shaking his head as if to promote the fermenta- tion of his wit , doth not a man fly from his wife and children if he murders himself ? ' " many readers , and therefore poetry of a middle sort T4 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
Pàgina 18
... tion , or the state of the publick , or the state of human nature in general , though he saw the evils , his mind was turned to resolution , and never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had ...
... tion , or the state of the publick , or the state of human nature in general , though he saw the evils , his mind was turned to resolution , and never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had ...
Pàgina 22
... tion upon it . When we inquire into any subject , the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it . This leads us to look at catalogues , and at the backs of books in libraries . " Sir Joshua observed to me , the ...
... tion upon it . When we inquire into any subject , the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it . This leads us to look at catalogues , and at the backs of books in libraries . " Sir Joshua observed to me , the ...
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... tion are so plausible , the allusions so lively , and the contrasts with the ordinary and more painful modes of acquiring property are so artfully displayed , that it requires a cool and strong judgement to resist so imposing an ...
... tion are so plausible , the allusions so lively , and the contrasts with the ordinary and more painful modes of acquiring property are so artfully displayed , that it requires a cool and strong judgement to resist so imposing an ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Pàgina 215 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Pàgina 22 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Pàgina 274 - His nature is too noble for the world : He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for his power to thunder. His heart's his mouth : What his breast forges, that his tongue must vent ; And, being angry, does forget that ever He heard the name of death.
Pàgina 219 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Pàgina 496 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pàgina 472 - Why,' said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness, 'Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Pàgina 83 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Pàgina 144 - Pray give me leave, Sir : — It is better here — A little of the brown — Some fat, Sir — A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter — Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange; — or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — "Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Pàgina 83 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every...