Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... talked what he had to say , and did not expect an answer ; or , if occasion required it , was mute , officious , and ever complying .... There Johnson sat every morning , receiving visits , hearing the topics of the day , and indolently ...
... talked what he had to say , and did not expect an answer ; or , if occasion required it , was mute , officious , and ever complying .... There Johnson sat every morning , receiving visits , hearing the topics of the day , and indolently ...
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... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever sub- mitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever sub- mitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
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... talked to him a great deal of what I had seen in Corsica , and of my intention to publish an account of it . He encouraged me by saying , ' You cannot go to the bottom of the subject ; but all that you tell us will be new to us . Give ...
... talked to him a great deal of what I had seen in Corsica , and of my intention to publish an account of it . He encouraged me by saying , ' You cannot go to the bottom of the subject ; but all that you tell us will be new to us . Give ...
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... talked of making verses , and observed , ' The great diffi- culty is to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I ...
... talked of making verses , and observed , ' The great diffi- culty is to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I ...
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... talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , ' Warburton has most general , most scholastick learning ; Lowth is the more correct ...
... talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , ' Warburton has most general , most scholastick learning ; Lowth is the more correct ...
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Стр. 344 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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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.
Стр. 166 - Goldsmith's Life of Parnell2 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.
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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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