Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... i . 49 , for Johnson's fond- ness for the old romances . 2 Boswell , ante , i . 386 , implies that Sheridan's pension was partly due to Wedderburne's influence . 3 See ante , i . 386 . eagerness Aetat . 67. ] . Ladies of the present age.
... i . 49 , for Johnson's fond- ness for the old romances . 2 Boswell , ante , i . 386 , implies that Sheridan's pension was partly due to Wedderburne's influence . 3 See ante , i . 386 . eagerness Aetat . 67. ] . Ladies of the present age.
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... Ladies of the present age . 3 eagerness as the gentleman who complained of him . Dr. John- son's remark as to the jealousy entertained of our friends who rise far above us , is certainly very just . By this was withered the early ...
... Ladies of the present age . 3 eagerness as the gentleman who complained of him . Dr. John- son's remark as to the jealousy entertained of our friends who rise far above us , is certainly very just . By this was withered the early ...
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... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner3 , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , ' I learnt what I ...
... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner3 , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , ' I learnt what I ...
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... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the ...
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the ...
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... ladies being ruined , by having injudiciously sunk their fortunes for high annuities , which , after a few years , ceased ... lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of ...
... ladies being ruined , by having injudiciously sunk their fortunes for high annuities , which , after a few years , ceased ... lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of ...
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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write
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Stran 380 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Stran 455 - 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 455 - 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 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 154 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates, and masters, the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants, about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it...
Stran 302 - He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling ; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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 13 - I was never summoned to attend even the ceremony of a lecture; and, excepting one voluntary visit to his rooms during the eight months of his titular office, the tutor and pupil lived in the same college as strangers to...
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 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?