The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Pagina 3
... happy to think , that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just influence . At Leicester we read in the newspaper that Dr. James was dead . I thought that the death of an old school- fellow , and one with whom he had lived a ...
... happy to think , that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just influence . At Leicester we read in the newspaper that Dr. James was dead . I thought that the death of an old school- fellow , and one with whom he had lived a ...
Pagina 4
... happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; you are driving rapidly from some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said ...
... happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; you are driving rapidly from some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said ...
Pagina 22
... happy , which would be the case in a general state of equality . " When the service was ended , I went home with him , and we sat quietly by ourselves . He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books . I said , I thought Cheyne had been reckoned ...
... happy , which would be the case in a general state of equality . " When the service was ended , I went home with him , and we sat quietly by ourselves . He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books . I said , I thought Cheyne had been reckoned ...
Pagina 33
... happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous but he is not improved ; he is only not sen- sible of his defects . " Sir Joshua said , the doctor was talk- ing of the effects of excess in wine ; but that a moderate ...
... happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous but he is not improved ; he is only not sen- sible of his defects . " Sir Joshua said , the doctor was talk- ing of the effects of excess in wine ; but that a moderate ...
Pagina 42
... happy for the present is so true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally intrusted ...
... happy for the present is so true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally intrusted ...
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