Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 45
Stran 21
... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epi- curean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoic , who has something positive to ...
... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epi- curean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoic , who has something positive to ...
Stran 22
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON : " Yes , sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON : " Yes , sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
Stran 23
... truth ; the English universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers ...
... truth ; the English universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers ...
Stran 25
... truth should be told than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his ...
... truth should be told than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his ...
Stran 26
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people choose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON : " Then , sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two ...
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people choose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON : " Then , sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne Auchinleck believe Bennet Langton Bishop censure character Cibber consider conversation Court of Session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd Dodd's doubt drink edition Elkanah Settle English favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope Hugo Grotius humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Edinburgh judge KNOWLES lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo madam mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets praise recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland sermons Seward Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Soame Jenyns Streatham style suppose sure talked Taylor tell things thought Thrale tion told truth Whig Wilkes William wine wish write written wrote