The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent 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. In Two Volumes, Том 1Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Всего страниц: 516 |
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... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcufable , in appearing fully fenfible of it , where can I find one in compli- menting whom I can with more ...
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcufable , in appearing fully fenfible of it , where can I find one in compli- menting whom I can with more ...
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... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may fometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . London , April 20 , 1791 . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble fervant , JAMES BOSWELL . 1 ...
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may fometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . London , April 20 , 1791 . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble fervant , JAMES BOSWELL . 1 ...
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... pleasure to deprive me foon of my fenfes , I request you will , on the receipt of this note , come to me , and act for me , as the exigencies of my cafe may require . I am fincerely yours , P. 562 , 1. 3 , from the foot , after tongue ...
... pleasure to deprive me foon of my fenfes , I request you will , on the receipt of this note , come to me , and act for me , as the exigencies of my cafe may require . I am fincerely yours , P. 562 , 1. 3 , from the foot , after tongue ...
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... pleasure does there arife to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it mifemployed , I fhall content myself with opposing the authority of the ...
... pleasure does there arife to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it mifemployed , I fhall content myself with opposing the authority of the ...
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... pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very eafy operation , as his fize was remarkably large . His defective fight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the ...
... pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very eafy operation , as his fize was remarkably large . His defective fight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the ...
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Стр. 139 - Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Стр. 294 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Стр. 140 - Is not a Patron, 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?
Стр. 140 - 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 ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Стр. 223 - I was dressed and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Стр. 241 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Стр. 36 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Стр. 248 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Стр. 289 - His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life, but having fallen into ill health, he had not been able to read much, compared with others : for instance, he said he had not read much, compared with Dr. Warburton.
Стр. 255 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.