Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of Atour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Količina 3;Količine 1776–1780Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would think it in them to be appre- hensive that you are ill4 . ' This ... dear friends at Streatham . But I may have a letter this afternoon - Sure it will bring me no bad news . ' Ib . i ...
... Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would think it in them to be appre- hensive that you are ill4 . ' This ... dear friends at Streatham . But I may have a letter this afternoon - Sure it will bring me no bad news . ' Ib . i ...
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... DEAR SIR , ' TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ' Why do you talk of neglect ? When did I neglect you ? If you will come to Bath , we shall all be glad to see you . Come , therefore , as soon as you can . ' But I have a little business for you at ...
... DEAR SIR , ' TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ' Why do you talk of neglect ? When did I neglect you ? If you will come to Bath , we shall all be glad to see you . Come , therefore , as soon as you can . ' But I have a little business for you at ...
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... Sir , will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes ? ' he would have flown into a passion , and would probably have ... dear friend , let us have no more of this . I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk ...
... Sir , will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes ? ' he would have flown into a passion , and would probably have ... dear friend , let us have no more of this . I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk ...
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... Sir ? ( said I. ) Don't you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's ? ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , I did not think of going to Dilly's : it went out of my head . I have ordered dinner at home with Mrs. Williams . ' BOSWELL . But , my dear Sir ...
... Sir ? ( said I. ) Don't you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's ? ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , I did not think of going to Dilly's : it went out of my head . I have ordered dinner at home with Mrs. Williams . ' BOSWELL . But , my dear Sir ...
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... DEAR SIR , ' TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . ' I have been kept away from you , I know not well how , and of these vexatious hindrances I know not when there will be an end . I therefore send you the poor dear Doctor's epitaph . Read it first ...
... DEAR SIR , ' TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . ' I have been kept away from you , I know not well how , and of these vexatious hindrances I know not when there will be an end . I therefore send you the poor dear Doctor's epitaph . Read it first ...
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Stran 453 - 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 ruins of lona.
Stran 296 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Stran 453 - 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.
Stran 381 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Stran 72 - To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool.
Stran 347 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Stran 85 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
Stran 358 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Stran 268 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Stran 159 - Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?