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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... TRAVELLING 449 C. ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS OF LONDON 459 D. THE INMATES OF JOHNSON'S HOUSE • 461 E. BOSWELL'S LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR FOreign CorrESPONDENCE TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY 462 ? 7 . H THE LIFE OF SAMUEL ...
... TRAVELLING 449 C. ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS OF LONDON 459 D. THE INMATES OF JOHNSON'S HOUSE • 461 E. BOSWELL'S LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR FOreign CorrESPONDENCE TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY 462 ? 7 . H THE LIFE OF SAMUEL ...
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... travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the lan- guage of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be clearly known ...
... travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the lan- guage of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be clearly known ...
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... travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean . On those shores were the four great Empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . All our religion , almost all our law , almost all our arts ...
... travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean . On those shores were the four great Empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . All our religion , almost all our law , almost all our arts ...
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... travelling in Ireland . I have shewn him what civilities I could on his own account , on your's , and on that of Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . He has had a fall from his horse , and been much hurt . I regret this unlucky accident , for he seems ...
... travelling in Ireland . I have shewn him what civilities I could on his own account , on your's , and on that of Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . He has had a fall from his horse , and been much hurt . I regret this unlucky accident , for he seems ...
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... travellers to consider the country between Newcastle - under- Line and Preston as sea , and as soon think of driving into the ocean as venturing into such detestable roads . I am told the Derby way to Manchester is good , but further is ...
... travellers to consider the country between Newcastle - under- Line and Preston as sea , and as soon think of driving into the ocean as venturing into such detestable roads . I am told the Derby way to Manchester is good , but further is ...
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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?