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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... remarks is so great , that perhaps no de- of attention or discernment will be sufficient to afford it . gree " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long ...
... remarks is so great , that perhaps no de- of attention or discernment will be sufficient to afford it . gree " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long ...
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... remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many plea- sant hours in Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one ...
... remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many plea- sant hours in Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one ...
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... remark . " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the translation of the New Testament . Might not this have afforded you an opportunity of paying a proper tribute of respect , to the memory of the Rev. Mr. James Stuart ...
... remark . " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the translation of the New Testament . Might not this have afforded you an opportunity of paying a proper tribute of respect , to the memory of the Rev. Mr. James Stuart ...
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... remark- ably strong at this time . When I talked of our ad- vancement in literature , " Sir , ( said he , ) you have learnt a little from us , and you think yourselvers very ' great men . Hume would never have written His- tory , had ...
... remark- ably strong at this time . When I talked of our ad- vancement in literature , " Sir , ( said he , ) you have learnt a little from us , and you think yourselvers very ' great men . Hume would never have written His- tory , had ...
Stran 88
... remark . " What , Sir , ( said he , ) talk thus of a man of liberal education ; -a man who for years was at the University of Oxford ; —a man who has added six- teen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " I should laugh ...
... remark . " What , Sir , ( said he , ) talk thus of a man of liberal education ; -a man who for years was at the University of Oxford ; —a man who has added six- teen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " I should laugh ...
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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.