Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... vivacity constituted one of res of his character ; and as I have spared no aining materials concerning him , from every I could discover that they were to be found , vain enough to compare myself with some great names who ...
... vivacity constituted one of res of his character ; and as I have spared no aining materials concerning him , from every I could discover that they were to be found , vain enough to compare myself with some great names who ...
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... character is more fully under- stood and illustrated . Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most impor- tant events of it in their order , but interweaving what he ...
... character is more fully under- stood and illustrated . Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most impor- tant events of it in their order , but interweaving what he ...
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... character- istick , and always amusing , when they relate to a distin- guished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any ...
... character- istick , and always amusing , when they relate to a distin- guished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any ...
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... character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said , he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this ...
... character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said , he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this ...
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... character in the learned world is well known . ' Indeed Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter ... characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some ...
... character in the learned world is well known . ' Indeed Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter ... characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Brocklesby Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent English entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth University of Oxford walked Whig Wilkes wine wish wonderful write written wrote
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Stran 64 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;*— * that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Stran 65 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Stran 274 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Stran 127 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Stran 67 - Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords...
Stran 230 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Stran 207 - The Way of the World:' ' If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.
Stran 213 - Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale.
Stran 208 - It did not require much sagacity to foresee that such a sentiment would not be permitted to pass without due animadversion. JOHNSON. " Do not allow yourself, Sir, to be imposed upon by such gross absurdity. It is sad stuff ; it is brutish. If a bull could speak, he might as well exclaim, — Here am I with this cow and this grass ; what being can enjoy greater felicity ? " We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman^) who had destroyed himself.
Stran 119 - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.