LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).1874 |
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... RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE . " What hopes , what terrors does thy gift create , Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle , ensign of supreme command , Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a ...
... RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE . " What hopes , what terrors does thy gift create , Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle , ensign of supreme command , Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a ...
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... received . " His father accompanied him to Oxford , and , in pre- senting his son to the University Magnates , was loud in the praises of his boy . Johnson's figure and manner , indeed , occa- sioned some surprise ; but his modesty and ...
... received . " His father accompanied him to Oxford , and , in pre- senting his son to the University Magnates , was loud in the praises of his boy . Johnson's figure and manner , indeed , occa- sioned some surprise ; but his modesty and ...
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... received twenty pounds , being all that I have reason to hope for out of my father's effects , pre- vious to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune ...
... received twenty pounds , being all that I have reason to hope for out of my father's effects , pre- vious to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune ...
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... received : " I dined , " says he , " very well for eightpence , with very good company , at the Pine - Apple , in New - street , just by . Several of them had travelled . They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one another's ...
... received : " I dined , " says he , " very well for eightpence , with very good company , at the Pine - Apple , in New - street , just by . Several of them had travelled . They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one another's ...
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... received from those who did ; often he got nothing more than the names of the speakers and the side they had taken in debate . Upon such slender foundations are some very big things reared . It is right , however , to add , that ...
... received from those who did ; often he got nothing more than the names of the speakers and the side they had taken in debate . Upon such slender foundations are some very big things reared . It is right , however , to add , that ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
affectionate afterwards April Ashbourne asked Author Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Boswell's Brocklesby called character compliments conversation David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary dine dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink eyes favour feeling Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith guineas happy hear heart Hebrides honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL journey kind King lady laughing learning letter Levett Lichfield LINCOLNSHIRE literary live London look Lord LUCY PORTER Madam man's mentioned mind Miss morning never night observed occasion Oliver Goldsmith once Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise Pray prayers Rambler received remarked Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seems Sheridan Sir Joshua Reynolds soon speak SPILSBY Streatham suppose sure talk tell things THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth whole wish words write written wrote young
Populaire passages
Pagina 388 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pagina 111 - 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 !" ' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Pagina 388 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Pagina 247 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Pagina 357 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Pagina 257 - Never heed such nonsense,' would be the reply : ' a blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. Let us, if we do talk, talk about something : men and women are my subjects of inquiry ; let us see how these differ from those we have left behind.
Pagina 198 - When Sir Joshua mentioned this to Dr. Johnson, he was much displeased with the actor's conceit. 'He'll be of us, (said Johnson) how does he know we will permit him ? The first Duke in England has no right to hold such language.
Pagina 227 - Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, Sir ; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another.
Pagina 100 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Pagina 61 - 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,