The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina xviii
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment ...
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment ...
Pagina xxii
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
Pagina 3
... calculate the returns of my father's trade , and , by that estimate , his probable profits . This I believe my parents never did . " -MALONE . Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had lived в 2 AGE 4. ] 3 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... calculate the returns of my father's trade , and , by that estimate , his probable profits . This I believe my parents never did . " -MALONE . Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had lived в 2 AGE 4. ] 3 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Pagina 9
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
Pagina 25
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
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