Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran 7
... told him that while I was with the Captain , I catched the enthusiasm of curiosity and adven- ture , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next voyage . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a man does feel so , till he considers how ...
... told him that while I was with the Captain , I catched the enthusiasm of curiosity and adven- ture , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next voyage . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a man does feel so , till he considers how ...
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... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the lan- guage of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the lan- guage of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
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... told me , ' I learnt what I know of law , chiefly from Mr. Ballow , a very able man . I learnt some , too , from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to ...
... told me , ' I learnt what I know of law , chiefly from Mr. Ballow , a very able man . I learnt some , too , from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to ...
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... told us of Julia JOHNSON . ' This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ' Mr. Macbean3 , authour of the Dictionary of ancient Geography , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland ...
... told us of Julia JOHNSON . ' This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ' Mr. Macbean3 , authour of the Dictionary of ancient Geography , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland ...
Stran 31
... told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This explanation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed ...
... told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This explanation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed ...
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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 201 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, ' how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ?' and in his conversation with Mr.
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 88 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.
Stran 159 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn-door Stoutly struts his dames before...
Stran 72 - All this may be ; the people's voice is odd ; It is, and it is not, the voice of God. 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 268 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Stran 36 - A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Stran 85 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
Stran 11 - Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value, is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel. Every man who attacks my belief diminishes, in some degree, my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy ; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith called in question ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact.