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Pagina ix
This they do so many days in each year , as they have thousands of cattle ; so
that , to express how rich a man is , they tell you , ' he bathes so many times . ' “ Of
the river Nile , which has furnished so much controversy , we have a full and clear
...
This they do so many days in each year , as they have thousands of cattle ; so
that , to express how rich a man is , they tell you , ' he bathes so many times . ' “ Of
the river Nile , which has furnished so much controversy , we have a full and clear
...
Pagina xxi
By my literary labours , " was the answer . Wilcox , staring at him , shook his head
: “ By your literary labours ! You had better buy a porter ' s knot . ” John , son used
to tell this anecdote to Mr . Nichols : but he said , “ Wile cox was one of my best ...
By my literary labours , " was the answer . Wilcox , staring at him , shook his head
: “ By your literary labours ! You had better buy a porter ' s knot . ” John , son used
to tell this anecdote to Mr . Nichols : but he said , “ Wile cox was one of my best ...
Pagina xxxvii
He tells us , that when he surveyed his past life , he discovered nothing but a
barren waste of time , with some disorders of body , and disturbances of mind ,
very near to madness . His life , he says , from his earliest years , was wasted in a
...
He tells us , that when he surveyed his past life , he discovered nothing but a
barren waste of time , with some disorders of body , and disturbances of mind ,
very near to madness . His life , he says , from his earliest years , was wasted in a
...
Pagina xliv
... the house , and entertained her benefactor with more enlarged conversation .
Chymistry was a part of Johnson ' s amusement . For this love of experimental
philosophy , sir John Hawkins thinks an apology necessary . He tells us , with
great ...
... the house , and entertained her benefactor with more enlarged conversation .
Chymistry was a part of Johnson ' s amusement . For this love of experimental
philosophy , sir John Hawkins thinks an apology necessary . He tells us , with
great ...
Pagina xlix
The answer being in the negative : “ then I will tell you , " said Johnson . “ The
impudence of an Irishman is the impudence of a fly , that buzzes about you , and
you put it away , but it returns again , and flutters and teases you . The impudence
of ...
The answer being in the negative : “ then I will tell you , " said Johnson . “ The
impudence of an Irishman is the impudence of a fly , that buzzes about you , and
you put it away , but it returns again , and flutters and teases you . The impudence
of ...
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Pagina xxvi - 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, SAM. JOHNSON.
Pagina lxvii - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Pagina 5 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th
Pagina 10 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear.
Pagina xlvi - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Pagina 255 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Pagina 7 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Pagina xviii - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Pagina 187 - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Pagina 8 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby]. Microbook library of English literature Oxf. Engl. classics Oxford English Classics Volume 1 van The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby], Francis Pearson Walesby |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Francis Pearson Walesby |
| Uitgever | Talboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 10 april 2006 |
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