The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Pagina 33
... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for— to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for— to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
Pagina 43
... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . ( 1 ) Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good ...
... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . ( 1 ) Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good ...
Pagina 84
... remarkable for good breed- ing ; so that the notion which has been industri- ously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and , consequently , had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners ...
... remarkable for good breed- ing ; so that the notion which has been industri- ously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and , consequently , had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners ...
Pagina 138
... remarkable , that it came out on ( 1 ) [ " Paul Whitehead , a small poet , was summoned before the Lords for a poem called Manners , ' together with Dodsley , his publisher . Whitehead , who hung loose upon society , skulked and escaped ...
... remarkable , that it came out on ( 1 ) [ " Paul Whitehead , a small poet , was summoned before the Lords for a poem called Manners , ' together with Dodsley , his publisher . Whitehead , who hung loose upon society , skulked and escaped ...
Pagina 140
... remarkable for his learning and taste , as for his other eminent qualities ; and no man was more prompt , active , and generous , in encouraging merit . I have heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , in his pre- sence , the kind and ...
... remarkable for his learning and taste , as for his other eminent qualities ; and no man was more prompt , active , and generous , in encouraging merit . I have heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , in his pre- sence , the kind and ...
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