Johnsoniana: Life, Opinions, and Table-talk of Doctor JohnsonA. Boot, 1884 - Всего страниц: 319 |
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... pleased with the thoughts of possessing it ; " and this remarkable juvenile effusion will , we fear , continue to be treasured as one of his genuine sallies , in spite of critical protests . In 1712 he was brought to London to be ...
... pleased with the thoughts of possessing it ; " and this remarkable juvenile effusion will , we fear , continue to be treasured as one of his genuine sallies , in spite of critical protests . In 1712 he was brought to London to be ...
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... pleased with his answer , and we gave him a double fare . Then turning to Boswell , he explained , “ Sir , a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing ...
... pleased with his answer , and we gave him a double fare . Then turning to Boswell , he explained , “ Sir , a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing ...
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... pleased with the character of the heroine of this novel . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , ' was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character , ' On the contrary , ' said he , ' you ...
... pleased with the character of the heroine of this novel . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , ' was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character , ' On the contrary , ' said he , ' you ...
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... pleased , without any apprehension of danger have turned aside , and set fire to St. James's Palace . " VI . PREJUDICE . OHNSON'S prejudice against Scotland appeared remark- ably strong at times . When Boswell talked of the advancement ...
... pleased , without any apprehension of danger have turned aside , and set fire to St. James's Palace . " VI . PREJUDICE . OHNSON'S prejudice against Scotland appeared remark- ably strong at times . When Boswell talked of the advancement ...
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... pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people , and the wife is pleased that she is dressed . " Boswell talked of legitimation by subsequent marriage , which obtained in the Roman law , and still obtains in the law of ...
... pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people , and the wife is pleased that she is dressed . " Boswell talked of legitimation by subsequent marriage , which obtained in the Roman law , and still obtains in the law of ...
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Стр. 260 - 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. 194 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Стр. 287 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Стр. 30 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend 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. 83 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.
Стр. 286 - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Стр. 287 - If the flights of Dryden therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Стр. 84 - They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the consideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it merely as the seat of government in its different departments ; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle ; a mercantile man, as a place where a prodigious deal of business is done upon 'Change ; a...
Стр. 16 - All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In the same manner, all power, of whatever sort, is of itself desirable. A man would not submit to learn to hem a ruffle...
Стр. 287 - Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each other, all the qualities that constitute genius. He had Invention, by which new trains of events are formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in the Rape of the Lock; and by which extrinsick and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as in the Essay on Criticism...