The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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Pagina 22
... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
Pagina 32
... desire to give him an English education , it should be con- sidered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scotland , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
... desire to give him an English education , it should be con- sidered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scotland , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
Pagina 60
... desire it to be done ; and , upon your own principles , you will not easily prove your right to destroy that capacity of suc- cession which your ancestors have left . " If your ancestor had not the power of making a perpetual settlement ...
... desire it to be done ; and , upon your own principles , you will not easily prove your right to destroy that capacity of suc- cession which your ancestors have left . " If your ancestor had not the power of making a perpetual settlement ...
Pagina 65
... desire to be with him ; inform- ing him that the ten packets came all safe ; that Lord Hailes was much obliged to him , and said he had almost wholly removed his scruples against entails . 66 To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . DEAR SIR , -I have ...
... desire to be with him ; inform- ing him that the ten packets came all safe ; that Lord Hailes was much obliged to him , and said he had almost wholly removed his scruples against entails . 66 To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . DEAR SIR , -I have ...
Pagina 71
... desire to have an armed force to defend them , they should pay for it . Your scheme is to retain a part of your little land - tax , by making us pay and clothe your militia . " BOSWELL . " " You should not talk of we and you , Sir ...
... desire to have an armed force to defend them , they should pay for it . Your scheme is to retain a part of your little land - tax , by making us pay and clothe your militia . " BOSWELL . " " You should not talk of we and you , Sir ...
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Pagina 436 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Pagina 211 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Pagina 81 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
Pagina 470 - 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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pagina 81 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
Pagina 444 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Pagina 403 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Pagina 444 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Pagina 142 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Pagina 219 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.