The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Том 21851 |
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... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us , his admirers , as a set of pigmies . He who has pro- voked the lash of wit , cannot complain ...
... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us , his admirers , as a set of pigmies . He who has pro- voked the lash of wit , cannot complain ...
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... merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none showing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart ...
... merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none showing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart ...
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... merit , if it be really ancient.1 People talk of nature . But mere obvious nature may be exhibited with very little power of mind . " 66 On Thursday , October 19 , I passed the evening with him at his house . He advised me to complete a ...
... merit , if it be really ancient.1 People talk of nature . But mere obvious nature may be exhibited with very little power of mind . " 66 On Thursday , October 19 , I passed the evening with him at his house . He advised me to complete a ...
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... merit . There is nothing in all this boasted system . No , Sir ; medicated baths can be no better than warm water ; their only effect can be that of tepid moisture . " One of the company took the other side , maintaining that medicines ...
... merit . There is nothing in all this boasted system . No , Sir ; medicated baths can be no better than warm water ; their only effect can be that of tepid moisture . " One of the company took the other side , maintaining that medicines ...
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... merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits ; and therefore that GOD is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state , where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering . You see , Sir , there is nothing ...
... merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits ; and therefore that GOD is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state , where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering . You see , Sir , there is nothing ...
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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.