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Pagina 35
... Lord Kames , strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr. Johnson , was compelled to allow it very high praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signature G ; but I have heard Mr. Garrick declare ...
... Lord Kames , strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr. Johnson , was compelled to allow it very high praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signature G ; but I have heard Mr. Garrick declare ...
Pagina 41
... Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pre- text for delay , that it might be better done , and ...
... Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pre- text for delay , that it might be better done , and ...
Pagina 42
... Lord Thurlow , got him admitted a poor brother of the Char- terhouse . For Shiels , who died of a consumption , he had much tenderness ; and it has been thought that some choice sentences in the Lives of the Poets were supplied by him ...
... Lord Thurlow , got him admitted a poor brother of the Char- terhouse . For Shiels , who died of a consumption , he had much tenderness ; and it has been thought that some choice sentences in the Lives of the Poets were supplied by him ...
Pagina 47
... LORD , for the sake of thy son JESUS CHRIST . Amen . ' The first paper of The Rambler was published on Tuesday the 20th of March , 1750 ; and its authour was enabled to continue it , without interruption , every Tuesday and Friday ...
... LORD , for the sake of thy son JESUS CHRIST . Amen . ' The first paper of The Rambler was published on Tuesday the 20th of March , 1750 ; and its authour was enabled to continue it , without interruption , every Tuesday and Friday ...
Pagina 52
... Lord ! Governour of heaven and earth , in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits , if thou hast ordained the Souls of the Dead to minister to the Living , and appointed my departed Wife to have care of me , grant that I may enjoy ...
... Lord ! Governour of heaven and earth , in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits , if thou hast ordained the Souls of the Dead to minister to the Living , and appointed my departed Wife to have care of me , grant that I may enjoy ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 64 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;*— * that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Pagina 65 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Pagina 274 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Pagina 127 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Pagina 67 - Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords...
Pagina 230 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Pagina 207 - The Way of the World:' ' If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.
Pagina 213 - Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale.
Pagina 208 - It did not require much sagacity to foresee that such a sentiment would not be permitted to pass without due animadversion. JOHNSON. " Do not allow yourself, Sir, to be imposed upon by such gross absurdity. It is sad stuff ; it is brutish. If a bull could speak, he might as well exclaim, — Here am I with this cow and this grass ; what being can enjoy greater felicity ? " We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman^) who had destroyed himself.
Pagina 119 - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.