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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... known that on the doctor's death a chemist whom he had employed meant to try to steal the business , under the pretence that he alone knew the secret of the pre- paration . A supply of powders enough to last for many years was laid in ...
... known that on the doctor's death a chemist whom he had employed meant to try to steal the business , under the pretence that he alone knew the secret of the pre- paration . A supply of powders enough to last for many years was laid in ...
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... known as one of his works ' . He said , ' Take no notice of it , ' or ' don't talk of it . ' He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , ' Your style , Sir , is much improved since you ...
... known as one of his works ' . He said , ' Take no notice of it , ' or ' don't talk of it . ' He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , ' Your style , Sir , is much improved since you ...
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... known ; but every thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several ...
... known ; but every thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several ...
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... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged to shew some sort of evidence ...
... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged to shew some sort of evidence ...
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... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , and the conclusion in 1771. An- drew Reid undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had persuaded him- himself , that he was ...
... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , and the conclusion in 1771. An- drew Reid undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had persuaded him- himself , that he was ...
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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?