The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Količina 1Derby & Jackson, 1860 |
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Stran xiv
... desire of conviction , or for the love of debate . It was said of a noted wag , that his bcn - mots did not give full satis faction when published , because he could not print his face . But with respect to Dr. Johnson , this has been ...
... desire of conviction , or for the love of debate . It was said of a noted wag , that his bcn - mots did not give full satis faction when published , because he could not print his face . But with respect to Dr. Johnson , this has been ...
Stran 35
... desire them to take notice , that the pictures shall always be put up by the noon of that day they are to be sold , that they may be viewed by daylight . " I have no more , but to wish you pleased , and myself a good sale , who am your ...
... desire them to take notice , that the pictures shall always be put up by the noon of that day they are to be sold , that they may be viewed by daylight . " I have no more , but to wish you pleased , and myself a good sale , who am your ...
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... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attend- ants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back ...
... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attend- ants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back ...
Stran 106
... desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be concerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you , nor what to demand on the author's part ; but am very willing that , if you please ...
... desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be concerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you , nor what to demand on the author's part ; but am very willing that , if you please ...
Stran 115
... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . I am , sir , your humble servant , LETTER 10 . TO MR . CAVE . " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ Sept. 1738. ] " SIR , I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commentary cannot ...
... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . I am , sir , your humble servant , LETTER 10 . TO MR . CAVE . " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ Sept. 1738. ] " SIR , I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commentary cannot ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Količina 1 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1856 |
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Stran 215 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Stran 59 - I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fare, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Stran 118 - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Stran 216 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Stran 184 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Stran 330 - He had sagacity enough to cultivate assiduously the acquaintance of Johnson, and his faculties were gradually enlarged by the contemplation of such a model. To me and many others it appeared that he studiously copied the manner of Johnson, though, indeed, upon a smaller scale.
Stran 31 - But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from...
Stran 205 - ... fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers, just come in from the country. Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the honest gardeners stared so at his figure and manner, and odd interference, that he soon saw his services were not relished. They then repaired to one of the neighbouring taverns, and made a bowl of that liquor called Bishop...
Stran 71 - James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Stran 241 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.