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Pagina 5
... ; and , no doubt , honest industry is entitled to esteem . But , perhaps , the too rapid 4 Prayers and Meditations , p . 66 . 5 Ibid . p . 67 . advances of men of low extraction tends to lessen the ÆTAT . 56 . 5 DR . JOHNSON .
... ; and , no doubt , honest industry is entitled to esteem . But , perhaps , the too rapid 4 Prayers and Meditations , p . 66 . 5 Ibid . p . 67 . advances of men of low extraction tends to lessen the ÆTAT . 56 . 5 DR . JOHNSON .
Pagina 7
... perhaps , had in his mind the following ingenious passage in " The Conscious Lovers , " Act iv . Scene ii . where Mr. Sealand thus addresses Sir John Bevil : " Give me leave to say that we merchants are a species of gentry that have ...
... perhaps , had in his mind the following ingenious passage in " The Conscious Lovers , " Act iv . Scene ii . where Mr. Sealand thus addresses Sir John Bevil : " Give me leave to say that we merchants are a species of gentry that have ...
Pagina 10
... perhaps he has heard what I said of his Shakspeare , or rather was offended at what I wrote to him : - -as he pleases . " The letter here alluded to , it is believed , has not been preserved : at least , it does not appear in the ...
... perhaps he has heard what I said of his Shakspeare , or rather was offended at what I wrote to him : - -as he pleases . " The letter here alluded to , it is believed , has not been preserved : at least , it does not appear in the ...
Pagina 12
... perhaps might ; but he never did . Mr. Burney having occasion to write to John- son for some receipts for subscriptions to his Shakspeare , which Johnson had omitted to de- liver when the money was paid , he availed him- self of that ...
... perhaps might ; but he never did . Mr. Burney having occasion to write to John- son for some receipts for subscriptions to his Shakspeare , which Johnson had omitted to de- liver when the money was paid , he availed him- self of that ...
Pagina 15
... perhaps no degree of attention or discern- ment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home ...
... perhaps no degree of attention or discern- ment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1807 |
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Pagina 363 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Pagina 326 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Pagina 190 - I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.
Pagina 213 - ... else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done. I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy, that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public.
Pagina 123 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
Pagina 173 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
Pagina 323 - I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travels," —" When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.
Pagina 90 - ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast h'er shoe to the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it.
Pagina 260 - I remember one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said — ' We are all in labour for a name to Goldy's play,' Goldsmith seemed displeased that such a liberty should be taken with his name, and said, ' I have often desired him not to call me Goldy.
Pagina 233 - For instance, (said he), the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads, and envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill (continued he,) consists in making them talk like little fishes.