Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 pagina's |
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... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
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... seen mentioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avid- ity , and read a great part of the book . What he read dur- ing these two years he told me , was not ...
... seen mentioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avid- ity , and read a great part of the book . What he read dur- ing these two years he told me , was not ...
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... seen lounging at the College gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was entertaining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline , which in his ...
... seen lounging at the College gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was entertaining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline , which in his ...
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... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimickry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . Johnson now ...
... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimickry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . Johnson now ...
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... , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . Johnson's residence at Lichfield , on his return to it at this time , was only for three months ; and as he had as yet seen but a small part of the wonders of the Metropolis.
... , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . Johnson's residence at Lichfield , on his return to it at this time , was only for three months ; and as he had as yet seen but a small part of the wonders of the Metropolis.
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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.