The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 2Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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Pàgina 3
... wish to return to it . He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . " On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in ...
... wish to return to it . He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . " On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in ...
Pàgina 18
... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . " He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . " He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
Pàgina 19
... madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 the life of dr . JOHNSON . 19 the least notion of immortality; and I mentioned a ...
... madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 the life of dr . JOHNSON . 19 the least notion of immortality; and I mentioned a ...
Pàgina 20
... wish you would enable yourself to borrow more . " He then took occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said ...
... wish you would enable yourself to borrow more . " He then took occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said ...
Pàgina 21
... wishes to know , his own character in the world , or , rather , as a convincing proof that Johnson's roughness was ... wish the writers of them had been present : they would have been sufficiently vexed . One ludicrous imitation of his ...
... wishes to know , his own character in the world , or , rather , as a convincing proof that Johnson's roughness was ... wish the writers of them had been present : they would have been sufficiently vexed . One ludicrous imitation of his ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to ..., Volum 2 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1884 |
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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...