Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . ' I ...
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . ' I ...
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... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the privilege of complaint . ' I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the privilege of complaint . ' I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
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... able to improve our ac- quaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Part- ney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
... able to improve our ac- quaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Part- ney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
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... able , with such an in- come , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
... able , with such an in- come , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
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... able to move his indolence ; nor did I 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 ...
... able to move his indolence ; nor did I 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 ...
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Стр. 5 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
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Стр. 42 - Prologue to his play, with the hopes of which he had been flattered; but it was strongly suspected that he was fretting with chagrin and envy at the singular honour Dr. Johnson had lately enjoyed. At length, the frankness and simplicity of his natural character prevailed. He sprung from the...
Стр. 327 - He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL : " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely he was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where.' He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet.
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