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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... PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT - BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . Br JAMES BOSWELL ...
... PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT - BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . Br JAMES BOSWELL ...
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... person , he wrote a very great num- ber of Dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehen- sion , as I think , that they might be ...
... person , he wrote a very great num- ber of Dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehen- sion , as I think , that they might be ...
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... person well known , and superficial readers have passed it over quite smoothly ; while those of more attention have been as much perplexed by Luke , as by Lydiat , in " The Vanity of human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith ...
... person well known , and superficial readers have passed it over quite smoothly ; while those of more attention have been as much perplexed by Luke , as by Lydiat , in " The Vanity of human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith ...
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... persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society , and , after we have done that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls . A youthful passion for abstracted devo- tion ...
... persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society , and , after we have done that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls . A youthful passion for abstracted devo- tion ...
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... persons of other countries , my admiration of his extraordinary mind was increased and confirmed . * The roughness , indeed , which sometimes appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the ...
... persons of other countries , my admiration of his extraordinary mind was increased and confirmed . * The roughness , indeed , which sometimes appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration Æneid ÆTAT afraid answered appeared asked authour Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON called character church compliments consider conversation Court Court of Session dined Edinburgh eminent England English Erse favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Judge King lady Langton laugh learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Hailes's Lord Monboddo manner ment mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick reason remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare shewed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds speak SPILSBY Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth wish wonder write written wrote
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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.