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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... suppose , the ministry ) . It may be observed , that he used the epithet scoundrel very commonly not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as when he abruptly answered Mrs ...
... suppose , the ministry ) . It may be observed , that he used the epithet scoundrel very commonly not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as when he abruptly answered Mrs ...
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... suppose , had not pressed upon his elevation with so much 1 See ante , i . 49 , for Johnson's fond- ness for the old romances . 2 Boswell , ante , i . 386 , implies that Sheridan's pension was partly due to Wedderburne's influence . 3 ...
... suppose , had not pressed upon his elevation with so much 1 See ante , i . 49 , for Johnson's fond- ness for the old romances . 2 Boswell , ante , i . 386 , implies that Sheridan's pension was partly due to Wedderburne's influence . 3 ...
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... Suppose a man has a daughter , who he knows has been seduced , but her misfortune is concealed from the world ? should he keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessray to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy ...
... Suppose a man has a daughter , who he knows has been seduced , but her misfortune is concealed from the world ? should he keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessray to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy ...
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... suppose you will labour your present work con amore for your reputation . " " No , Sir , " said Johnson , " nothing excites a man to write but necessity . " Walpole then relates the anecdote of the clergy- man , and speaks of Johnson as ...
... suppose you will labour your present work con amore for your reputation . " " No , Sir , " said Johnson , " nothing excites a man to write but necessity . " Walpole then relates the anecdote of the clergy- man , and speaks of Johnson as ...
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... suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This explanation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to ...
... suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This explanation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to ...
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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?