Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any degree of point , should perish . Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table ...
... thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any degree of point , should perish . Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table ...
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... thing of any consequence , a secret history which it would be amusing to know , could we have it authen- tically communicated . Johnson told me , ' Sir , the way in which the Plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord ...
... thing of any consequence , a secret history which it would be amusing to know , could we have it authen- tically communicated . Johnson told me , ' Sir , the way in which the Plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord ...
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... very near to him ; and , from the influence which he has had upon our composition , scarcely any thing is written now that is not . 17511 MRS . ANNA WILLIAMS 51 better expressed than was 50 [ 1750 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... very near to him ; and , from the influence which he has had upon our composition , scarcely any thing is written now that is not . 17511 MRS . ANNA WILLIAMS 51 better expressed than was 50 [ 1750 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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James Boswell Charles Grosvenor Osgood. Every thing thou dost shews the one , and every thing thou say'st the other . ' At another time he said to him , ' Thy body is all vice , and thy mind all virtue . ' Beauclerk not seeming to relish ...
James Boswell Charles Grosvenor Osgood. Every thing thou dost shews the one , and every thing thou say'st the other . ' At another time he said to him , ' Thy body is all vice , and thy mind all virtue . ' Beauclerk not seeming to relish ...
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... thing in itself very plain . But to these frivolous censures no other answer is necessary than that with which we are furnished by his own Preface . His introducing his own opinions , and even prejudices , under general definitions of ...
... thing in itself very plain . But to these frivolous censures no other answer is necessary than that with which we are furnished by his own Preface . His introducing his own opinions , and even prejudices , under general definitions of ...
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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.