The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Том 21851 |
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... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . 66 I have no ...
... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . 66 I have no ...
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... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; have forgot it . " " " I Such specimens of the easy and playful conversation of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson , are , I think , to be prized , as exhibiting the little ...
... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; have forgot it . " " " I Such specimens of the easy and playful conversation of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson , are , I think , to be prized , as exhibiting the little ...
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... hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
... hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
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... hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - did you " DEAR SIR , * 66 ...
... hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - did you " DEAR SIR , * 66 ...
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... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a ...
... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a ...
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Account of Corsica acquaintance admiration affectionate afraid afterwards answered appeared asked believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller called character church compliments consider conversation DEAR SIR dined Doctor of Medicine Edinburgh edition eminent England Erse favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge king lady Langton laugh learned letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford pamphlet perhaps pleased pleasure poem published reason remark respect Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Reynolds soon suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale told Tom Davies truth Williams wish wonder write written wrote
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Стр. 102 - 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.
Стр. 258 - Smart showed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.
Стр. 120 - Mr. Mickle, the translator of « The Lusiad,' and I went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home; but, having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the wall with a blacklead pencil.
Стр. 12 - 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...
Стр. 61 - I think that essay does her honour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; it does her honour, but it would do nobody else honour. I have, indeed, not read it all. But when I take up the end of a web, and find it packthread, I do not expect, by looking further to find embroidery. Sir, I will venture to say, there is not one sentence of true criticism in her book.
Стр. 140 - He was then very merry, and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants. Among other things, he said, that if he were necessitated to take any particular profession of life, he could not be a lawyer, adding his reasons : 'I cannot (saith he,) defend a bad, nor yield in a good cause.
Стр. 111 - Goldsmith's Life of Parnell is poor; not that it is poorly written, but that he had poor materials ; for nobody can write the life of a man, but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
Стр. 82 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
Стр. 258 - ... had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk. Some gentlemen, whom I do not recollect, were sitting with him; and when they went away, I also rose; but he said to me, " Nay, don't go." " Sir," said I, " I am afraid that I intrude upon you. It is benevolent to allow me to sit and hear you.
Стр. 113 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.