Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran 9
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
Stran 13
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON . ' Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON . ' Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
Stran 14
... learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities ' . It is not so with us . Our Universities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a ...
... learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities ' . It is not so with us . Our Universities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a ...
Stran 16
... learning and ingenuity upon the general ques- tion ; which , however , was not de- cided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ...
... learning and ingenuity upon the general ques- tion ; which , however , was not de- cided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ...
Stran 24
... learning some- thing ' ? ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go to church with us . " We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having ...
... learning some- thing ' ? ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go to church with us . " We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having ...
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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?