Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... mind as he grew up . Voluminous . - No wonder . - If every man was to tell , or mark , on how many subjects he has changed , ' Hawkins's Life of Johnson , p . 268 [ p . 265 ] . 138 HINTS FOR THE RAMBLER [ 1750 it would make F 3.
... mind as he grew up . Voluminous . - No wonder . - If every man was to tell , or mark , on how many subjects he has changed , ' Hawkins's Life of Johnson , p . 268 [ p . 265 ] . 138 HINTS FOR THE RAMBLER [ 1750 it would make F 3.
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James Boswell. 140 THE RAMBLER'S SLOW SALE [ 1750 much diminish our wonder at the extraordinary fertility of his mind ; for the proportion which they bear to the number of essays which he wrote , is very small ; and it is remarkable ...
James Boswell. 140 THE RAMBLER'S SLOW SALE [ 1750 much diminish our wonder at the extraordinary fertility of his mind ; for the proportion which they bear to the number of essays which he wrote , is very small ; and it is remarkable ...
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... wonder . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following au- thentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : ' He was in great affliction . Mrs. Williams was then living in his ...
... wonder . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following au- thentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : ' He was in great affliction . Mrs. Williams was then living in his ...
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... wonder so stupendous a work atchieved by one man , while other countries had thought such undertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagina- tion deceived him , when he supposed ...
... wonder so stupendous a work atchieved by one man , while other countries had thought such undertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagina- tion deceived him , when he supposed ...
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... wonder the vigorous and splendid thoughts which so highly dis- tinguish that performance . ' I ( says he ) may surely be con- tented without the praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , what would it ...
... wonder the vigorous and splendid thoughts which so highly dis- tinguish that performance . ' I ( says he ) may surely be con- tented without the praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , what would it ...
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Stran 319 - 1 It is remarkable, that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses, but they are of ' ethereal race: ' ' Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race,
Stran 365 - that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonal! application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale
Stran 390 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend; Officious, innocent, sincere, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind; Nor, letter'd arrogance
Stran 472 - The sentiment is in Congreve, I think.' JOHNSON. ' Yes, Madam, in The Way of the World: "If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me." No, Sir, I should not be surprized though Garrick chained the ocean, and lashed the winds.' BOSWELL.
Stran 320 - can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find; With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestick joy: The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel,
Stran 119 - Shall dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? Enthusiast, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. 2 In this poem one of the instances mentioned of unfortunate learned men is
Stran 162 - my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it
Stran 318 - short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topick you please, he is ready to meet you."' 'A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having discovered less acquaintance with one of the Classicks
Stran 450 - I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did imagine I was vexed, and took a pride in it; but it was, perhaps, cant; for I own I neither ate less, nor slept less.' JOHNSON. 'My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do : you may say to a man,
Stran 391 - Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.' In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious passage :—'Jan. 20. The Ministry is dissolved. I prayed with Francis and gave thanks