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Pagina 8
... heard him follow- ing her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , ” he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity 8 ...
... heard him follow- ing her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , ” he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity 8 ...
Pagina 9
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error : for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error : for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
Pagina 20
... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's Translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics ...
... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's Translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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Pagina 115 - 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,
Pagina 115 - ... had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Pagina 418 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Pagina 183 - 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 84 - And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat.
Pagina 183 - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost,
Pagina 398 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Pagina 27 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Pagina 204 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
Pagina 115 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.