The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Volume 101835 |
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Pagina 8
... known a great many ladies who knew Latin , but very few who knew En- glish . " A lady observed , that women surpassed men in epistolary correspondence . Johnson said , " I do not know that . " " At least , " said the lady , they are ...
... known a great many ladies who knew Latin , but very few who knew En- glish . " A lady observed , that women surpassed men in epistolary correspondence . Johnson said , " I do not know that . " " At least , " said the lady , they are ...
Pagina 11
... known it of her own knowledge , asked the lady for her authority . Miss Seward , in reply , quoted Mrs. Cobb , an old friend of Johnson's , who resided at Lichfield . To her , then , Boswell addressed himself ; and , to his equal satis ...
... known it of her own knowledge , asked the lady for her authority . Miss Seward , in reply , quoted Mrs. Cobb , an old friend of Johnson's , who resided at Lichfield . To her , then , Boswell addressed himself ; and , to his equal satis ...
Pagina 12
... known , that Mr. Walmesley was considerably governed by this lady . Could it be , that , without some marked intellectual powers , she could obtain absolute dominion over such a man ? JOHNSON . " Madam , I have said , and truly , that ...
... known , that Mr. Walmesley was considerably governed by this lady . Could it be , that , without some marked intellectual powers , she could obtain absolute dominion over such a man ? JOHNSON . " Madam , I have said , and truly , that ...
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... known " Dedication , " written by Dr. Johnson , was prefixed . Calling soon afterwards upon him , Dr. Parr mentioned that he had been reading , with great delight , his dedi- cation to the king . " My dedication ! " exclaimed Dr ...
... known " Dedication , " written by Dr. Johnson , was prefixed . Calling soon afterwards upon him , Dr. Parr mentioned that he had been reading , with great delight , his dedi- cation to the king . " My dedication ! " exclaimed Dr ...
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... known that Johnson wrote it . I had it from good authority ; besides , it is Johnson's internally . How truly Johnsonian is the following passage : " The science of musical sounds has been depreciated as appealing only to the ear , and ...
... known that Johnson wrote it . I had it from good authority ; besides , it is Johnson's internally . How truly Johnsonian is the following passage : " The science of musical sounds has been depreciated as appealing only to the ear , and ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 90 - 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 149 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Pagina 92 - DISORDERS of intellect," answered 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 94 - 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 71 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become 120 A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Pagina 179 - 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 79 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Pagina 231 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Pagina 77 - By numbers here from shame or censure free All crimes are safe, but hated poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues ; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter 'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways...
Pagina 64 - Magazine, with a professed intention to point out the pieces which he had written in that collection. The books lay on the table, with many leaves doubled down, and in particular those which contained his share in the Parliamentary Debates.