Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker].John Wilson Croker 1836 |
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Pagina 2
... sure to pre- cede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ' visiting , to run up a tree that he might not be found and exhibited , such , as no doubt he was , a prodigy of early ...
... sure to pre- cede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ' visiting , to run up a tree that he might not be found and exhibited , such , as no doubt he was , a prodigy of early ...
Pagina 11
... sure consequences of our beloved whiggism . ' 999 This I thought a thing so very particular , that I begged his leave to write it down directly , before any thing could intervene that might make me forget the force of the ex- pressions ...
... sure consequences of our beloved whiggism . ' 999 This I thought a thing so very particular , that I begged his leave to write it down directly , before any thing could intervene that might make me forget the force of the ex- pressions ...
Pagina 18
... sure of victory , he named Ferguson upon " Civil Society , " and praised the book for being written in a new manner . " I do not , " says Johnson , " perceive the value of this new manner ; it is only like Buckinger , who had no hands ...
... sure of victory , he named Ferguson upon " Civil Society , " and praised the book for being written in a new manner . " I do not , " says Johnson , " perceive the value of this new manner ; it is only like Buckinger , who had no hands ...
Pagina 20
... sure . " The tender infant , meek and mild , Fell down upon the stone ; The nurse took up the squealing child , But still the child squeal'd on . " A famous ballad , also , beginning " Rio verde , Rio verde , " when I commended the ...
... sure . " The tender infant , meek and mild , Fell down upon the stone ; The nurse took up the squealing child , But still the child squeal'd on . " A famous ballad , also , beginning " Rio verde , Rio verde , " when I commended the ...
Pagina 21
... sure , " said Dr. Johnson , " Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat . " This readiness of finding a parallel , or making one , was shown by him perpetually in the course of convers- ation . When the French verses of a certain ...
... sure , " said Dr. Johnson , " Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat . " This readiness of finding a parallel , or making one , was shown by him perpetually in the course of convers- ation . When the French verses of a certain ...
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Abbé Raynal acquaintance ALBEMARLE STREET ANECDOTES answer asked better Bishop Percy Bolt Court Boswell Brocklesby Burney called character conversation David Garrick dear death delight desired dinner Doctor expressed favour favourite fear Frank Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith hated hear heard heart honour Hoole hope humour James Boswell knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary lived look Lord Lord Lyttelton loved Lucy Porter Madam manner mind Miss morning nature never observed occasion once opinion Parr perhaps person pleased pleasure Poets poor Portrait praise recollect religion remember repeated replied Samuel Johnson says Johnson seemed Seward Shakspeare Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds speak story Strahan Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale told took truth verses virtue Whig wish words write written
Populaire passages
Pagina 388 - In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain...
Pagina 467 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Pagina 439 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Pagina 373 - 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 467 - They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord...
Pagina 384 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Pagina 391 - The force of his comic scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places; they are natural, and therefore durable.
Pagina 315 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Pagina 390 - Imlac, happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
Pagina 384 - Whoever considers the weakness both of himself and others, will not long want persuasives to forgiveness. We know not to what degree of malignity any injury is to be imputed ; or how much its guilt, if we were to inspect the mind of him that committed it, would be extenuated by mistake, precipitance, or negligence ; we cannot be certain...