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Pagina viii
... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Dr. Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had inquired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Dr. Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had inquired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
Pagina 14
... Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step - daughter , positively main- tained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anec- dote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an ...
... Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step - daughter , positively main- tained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anec- dote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an ...
Pagina 32
... Lucy Porter kept the best com- of Lichfield . " Notwithstanding the merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not sub . scribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale so the work never appeared ...
... Lucy Porter kept the best com- of Lichfield . " Notwithstanding the merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not sub . scribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale so the work never appeared ...
Pagina 34
... Lucy Porter , when he was ena- moured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster ] , and gave them to Lu- cy in the ...
... Lucy Porter , when he was ena- moured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster ] , and gave them to Lu- cy in the ...
Pagina 38
... Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walms- ley gave him a letter of introduction to Lin- tot his bookseller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it , and I am ...
... Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walms- ley gave him a letter of introduction to Lin- tot his bookseller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it , and I am ...
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Pagina 428 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.
Pagina 109 - 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.
Pagina 109 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Pagina 109 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Pagina 123 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Pagina 109 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Pagina 174 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression 'come from Scotland...
Pagina 294 - The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge is small. As they say of a generous man, it is a pity he is not rich, we may say of Goldsmith, it is a pity he is not knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself.
Pagina 189 - I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Pagina 306 - Robertson would be crushed by his own weight, — would be buried under his own ornaments. Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know : Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike...