The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Količina 1Harper & Bros., 1846 |
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... persons still living could not but excite . But this motive has gradually become weaker , and may now be said to be ex ... person or on what occasion that happy expression was used . " " 66 Again : When Mr. Boswell's capricious delicacy ...
... persons still living could not but excite . But this motive has gradually become weaker , and may now be said to be ex ... person or on what occasion that happy expression was used . " " 66 Again : When Mr. Boswell's capricious delicacy ...
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... persons of his scene ; some of whom he obtrudes into broad day , while others he only " adumbrates " by imperfect al- lusions . But many , even of those the most clearly designated and spoken of as persons familiar to every ear , have ...
... persons of his scene ; some of whom he obtrudes into broad day , while others he only " adumbrates " by imperfect al- lusions . But many , even of those the most clearly designated and spoken of as persons familiar to every ear , have ...
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... person writing from recollection , and not from notes made at the moment , can be . As Mr. Boswell had borrowed much from Sir J. Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi , the editor has thought himself justified in borrowing more ; and he has therefore ...
... person writing from recollection , and not from notes made at the moment , can be . As Mr. Boswell had borrowed much from Sir J. Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi , the editor has thought himself justified in borrowing more ; and he has therefore ...
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... person to whom the following work should be inscribed . with the greatest propriety , dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most ...
... person to whom the following work should be inscribed . with the greatest propriety , dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most ...
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... person who most liberal communications by his friends ; is the subject of the book ; and in that there is I flatter myself that few biographers have such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , entered upon such a work as this with ...
... person who most liberal communications by his friends ; is the subject of the book ; and in that there is I flatter myself that few biographers have such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , entered upon such a work as this with ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Količina 1 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1856 |
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acquaintance afterwards appears asked authour believe BENNET LANGTON Boswell Boswell's called Cave character church conversation dear sir Dictionary dined doubt Earl edition editor English Erse father favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy Hawkins heard Hebrides Highland honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind king Kingsburgh lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo LUCY PORTER M'Queen Macleod manner ment mentioned mind Miss never night obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford Pembroke College perhaps person Piozzi pleased pleasure poem probably publick published Rambler Rasay recollect Samuel Johnson Scotland seems Shakspeare Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth verses Warton wish write written wrote
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Stran 434 - 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. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.
Stran 109 - Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Stran 109 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Stran 109 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Stran 123 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Stran 109 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Stran 174 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression 'come from Scotland...
Stran 296 - The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge is small. As they say of a generous man, it is a pity he is not rich, we may say of Goldsmith, it is a pity he is not knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself.
Stran 189 - I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Stran 310 - Robertson would be crushed by his own weight, — would be buried under his own ornaments. Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know : Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike...