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Pagina ii
... true iterature and an appreciation of the quali- ties which cause it to endure . A descriptive list of the volumes published in this series appears in the last pages of this volume CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS THE MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY ...
... true iterature and an appreciation of the quali- ties which cause it to endure . A descriptive list of the volumes published in this series appears in the last pages of this volume CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS THE MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY ...
Pagina ix
... true devotion of an artist : ' You cannot imagine , ' he says , ' what labor , what perplexity , what vexation I have endured in arranging a prodigious multiplicity of materials , in supplying omissions , in searching for papers buried ...
... true devotion of an artist : ' You cannot imagine , ' he says , ' what labor , what perplexity , what vexation I have endured in arranging a prodigious multiplicity of materials , in supplying omissions , in searching for papers buried ...
Pagina 39
... true ; and , from a respectable gentleman connected with the lady's family , I have received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we ...
... true ; and , from a respectable gentleman connected with the lady's family , I have received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we ...
Pagina 55
... true contrition I may obtain forgiveness of all the sins committed , and of all duties neg- lected in my union with the wife whom thou hast taken from me ; for the neglect of joint devotion , patient exhor- tation , and mild instruction ...
... true contrition I may obtain forgiveness of all the sins committed , and of all duties neg- lected in my union with the wife whom thou hast taken from me ; for the neglect of joint devotion , patient exhor- tation , and mild instruction ...
Pagina 65
... . Adams mentioned to Mr. Robert Dodsley that he was sorry Johnson had written his letter to Lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said ' he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in.
... . Adams mentioned to Mr. Robert Dodsley that he was sorry Johnson had written his letter to Lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said ' he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in.
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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.