Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... tion . ' Ib . p . 418. Burke , writing in 1794 , says ' In quarters the inn- Being angry with one who value , is a necessary con- you feel . Every man who keepers are obliged to find for the soldiers lodging , fire , candle - light ...
... tion . ' Ib . p . 418. Burke , writing in 1794 , says ' In quarters the inn- Being angry with one who value , is a necessary con- you feel . Every man who keepers are obliged to find for the soldiers lodging , fire , candle - light ...
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... tion ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact . ' MURRAY . ' It seems to me that we are not angry at a man for controverting an opinion which we believe and value ; we rather pity him . ' JOHNSON ...
... tion ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact . ' MURRAY . ' It seems to me that we are not angry at a man for controverting an opinion which we believe and value ; we rather pity him . ' JOHNSON ...
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... tion . Ib . p . 189. After taking it ' a man offers himself as a candidate for orders . He is examined by the Bishop's chaplain . He construes a few verses in the Greek Testament , and translates one of the articles from Latin into ...
... tion . Ib . p . 189. After taking it ' a man offers himself as a candidate for orders . He is examined by the Bishop's chaplain . He construes a few verses in the Greek Testament , and translates one of the articles from Latin into ...
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... tion ; which , however , was not de- cided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the ... tion to the liberty of the press . For my own part I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very ...
... tion ; which , however , was not de- cided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the ... tion to the liberty of the press . For my own part I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very ...
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... of idleness , and found reading alone , after I had often perused all good books ( which I think is soon done ) , somewhat a languid occupa- tion . ' J. H. Burton's Hume , ii . 33 . Aetat . 67. ] Johnson's various acquaintance . 21 his his.
... of idleness , and found reading alone , after I had often perused all good books ( which I think is soon done ) , somewhat a languid occupa- tion . ' J. H. Burton's Hume , ii . 33 . Aetat . 67. ] Johnson's various acquaintance . 21 his his.
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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?