The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Količina 3G. Bell and Sons, 1884 |
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... expressed a great admiration of Johnson . " I do not care , " said he , " on what subject Johnson talks ; but I love better to hear him talk than any body . He either gives you new thoughts , or a new colouring . It is a shame to the ...
... expressed a great admiration of Johnson . " I do not care , " said he , " on what subject Johnson talks ; but I love better to hear him talk than any body . He either gives you new thoughts , or a new colouring . It is a shame to the ...
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... expressed a horror at the thought of death . MRS . KNOWLES . " Nay , thou shouldst not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " JOHNSON ( standing upon the hearth , roll- ing about , with a serious , solemn , and somewhat gloomy ...
... expressed a horror at the thought of death . MRS . KNOWLES . " Nay , thou shouldst not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " JOHNSON ( standing upon the hearth , roll- ing about , with a serious , solemn , and somewhat gloomy ...
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... expression . From what I have now stated , and from the internal evidence of the paper itself , any one who may have the curiosity to peruse it will judge whether it was wrong in me to reject it , however willing to gratify Mrs. Knowles ...
... expression . From what I have now stated , and from the internal evidence of the paper itself , any one who may have the curiosity to peruse it will judge whether it was wrong in me to reject it , however willing to gratify Mrs. Knowles ...
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... expressed some inclination to publish an account of my travels upon the continent of Europe , for which I had a variety of materials collected . JOHNSON . " I do not say , Sir , you may not publish your travels ; but I give you my ...
... expressed some inclination to publish an account of my travels upon the continent of Europe , for which I had a variety of materials collected . JOHNSON . " I do not say , Sir , you may not publish your travels ; but I give you my ...
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... expressed a wish to have the argu- ments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked ...
... expressed a wish to have the argu- ments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked ...
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Stran 366 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Stran 172 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found...
Stran 463 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? DOCTOR Therein the patient Must minister to himself.
Stran 196 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls ; the front of Jove himself ; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command...
Stran 223 - Stillingfleet, whose dress was remarkably grave, and in particular it was observed, that he wore blue stockings. Such was the excellence of his conversation, that his absence was felt as so great a loss, that it used to be said, 'We can do nothing without the blue stockings ;' and thus by degrees the title was established.
Stran 316 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ! " ' JOHNSON : ' Sir, I have never slept an hour less nor ate an ounce less meat.
Stran 381 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tired with waiting for this chemic gold, Which fools us young, and...
Stran 378 - I told this to Dr. Nowell ; and asserting my humbler, though not less zealou.~. exertions in the same cause, I suggested, that whatever return we might receive, we should still have the consolation of being, like Butler's steady and generous royalist, — " True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon.
Stran 378 - I will not allow this man to have merit. No, sir; what he has is rather the contrary ; I will, indeed, allow him courage, and on this account we so far give him credit. We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway than for a fellow who jumps out of a ditch, and knocks you down behind your back. Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
Stran 395 - He seemed to take a pleasure in speaking in his own style ; for when he had carelessly missed it, he would repeat the thought translated into it. Talking of the Comedy of The Rehearsal, he said, " It has not wit enough to keep it sweet.