Johnson: His Characteristics and AphorismsA. Gardner, 1884 - Всего страниц: 173 |
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Стр. xxxiii
... common in autobiography . " The " Idler " only continued two years — the last num- ber being issued in the spring of 1760 , the profits from this periodical , and the subscriptions for the new edition of Shakespeare , being the only ...
... common in autobiography . " The " Idler " only continued two years — the last num- ber being issued in the spring of 1760 , the profits from this periodical , and the subscriptions for the new edition of Shakespeare , being the only ...
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... common life . " " Indeed , " says Mrs. Thrale , " Dr. JOHNSON's utter scorn of painting was such that I have heard him say that he should sit very quietly in a room hung round with the works of the greatest masters , and never feel the ...
... common life . " " Indeed , " says Mrs. Thrale , " Dr. JOHNSON's utter scorn of painting was such that I have heard him say that he should sit very quietly in a room hung round with the works of the greatest masters , and never feel the ...
Стр. lxvi
... common sorrow . JOHNSON'S epitaph on Goldsmith was that " He touched nothing which he did not adorn . " " Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith , " says JOHNSON , " there is little to be told , more than the papers have made public . He died of a ...
... common sorrow . JOHNSON'S epitaph on Goldsmith was that " He touched nothing which he did not adorn . " " Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith , " says JOHNSON , " there is little to be told , more than the papers have made public . He died of a ...
Стр. lxxi
... common at the present day — a laxity in narration and inatten- tion to truth . Many a gentle rebuke as to this she received from JOHNSON . Speaking of this subject to Boswell , he said , " It is amazing , sir , what deviations there are ...
... common at the present day — a laxity in narration and inatten- tion to truth . Many a gentle rebuke as to this she received from JOHNSON . Speaking of this subject to Boswell , he said , " It is amazing , sir , what deviations there are ...
Стр. lxxxvii
... common people say it rocks like a cradle , and in this way they go on . " When they had finished their tour we see in JOHNSON the same regard for truth , if we can believe a story that is told on the authority of Sir Walter Scott , who ...
... common people say it rocks like a cradle , and in this way they go on . " When they had finished their tour we see in JOHNSON the same regard for truth , if we can believe a story that is told on the authority of Sir Walter Scott , who ...
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Aphorisms April April 14 April 29 believe better Boswell's Carlyle character conversation danger death Dictionary dinner Doctor drinking evil fame flattery friendship Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness Hawkins hear Hebrides Highland hope human humour idle Idler ignorance intellectual it.-Life JOHN Journey knowledge labour lady learning literary literature live London Lord Lord Macaulay Macaulay Madam man's mankind March March 21 Marriage Maxwell's Collectanea mind nation nature never occasion October October 19 October 26 Piozzi's Anecdotes pleased pleasure Poets politeness poverty praise pretty woman Rambler Rasselas reason replied Reynolds rich SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Says Boswell Scotch Scotchmen Scotland seldom September September 19 September 20 Sir Joshua solitude speak Streatham talk things thought Thrale tion Tory travelling truth virtue Wealth Western Islands Whig Whiggism wine wise wish woman write
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Стр. x - When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Стр. clviii - 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.
Стр. xi - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Стр. x - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
Стр. 54 - No, sir, there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn.
Стр. viii - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Стр. xi - The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my Lord...
Стр. 21 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod.* " I would rather (said he) have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superioritv, you lay...
Стр. clviii - 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.
Стр. xi - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.