The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... DEAR SIR , " APOLOGIES are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful corre- spondent . Be assured , for the present , that 2 [ ÆTAT . 56 . THE LIFE OF.
... DEAR SIR , " APOLOGIES are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful corre- spondent . Be assured , for the present , that 2 [ ÆTAT . 56 . THE LIFE OF.
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... dear Sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , January 14 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet- street ...
... dear Sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , January 14 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet- street ...
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... Sir , though you may know no science so well as to be able to teach it , and ... Sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding block - head may ... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for ...
... Sir , though you may know no science so well as to be able to teach it , and ... Sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding block - head may ... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for ...
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... Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile , " My dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company ...
... Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile , " My dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company ...
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... DEAR SIR , " WHAT your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege ...
... DEAR SIR , " WHAT your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege ...
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Stran 148 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Stran 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Stran 371 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Stran 331 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Stran 464 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
Stran 350 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Stran 120 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Stran 72 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Stran 178 - But we should have the greatest inclination to look into that chamber, to talk of that subject.
Stran 47 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it, and if it does convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong, and he is right.