The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 14
... Things which grow wild here , must be cultivated with great care in Scotland . Pray now ( throwing himself back in his chair , and laughing ) , are you ever able to bring the sloe to perfec- tion ? " I boasted that we had the honour of ...
... Things which grow wild here , must be cultivated with great care in Scotland . Pray now ( throwing himself back in his chair , and laughing ) , are you ever able to bring the sloe to perfec- tion ? " I boasted that we had the honour of ...
Pagina 16
... things in this life , take death and futurity as objects on which to display it . " JOHNSON . " That is mighty fool- ish affectation . Fear is one of the passions of human nature , of which it is impossible to divest it . You remember ...
... things in this life , take death and futurity as objects on which to display it . " JOHNSON . " That is mighty fool- ish affectation . Fear is one of the passions of human nature , of which it is impossible to divest it . You remember ...
Pagina 19
... things , though the versification was fine . He told us , with high satisfaction , the anecdote of Pope's inquiring who was the author of his " London , " and saying , he will be soon déterré . He observed , that in Dryden's poetry ...
... things , though the versification was fine . He told us , with high satisfaction , the anecdote of Pope's inquiring who was the author of his " London , " and saying , he will be soon déterré . He observed , that in Dryden's poetry ...
Pagina 22
... things in a new way . " MURPHY . " He seems to have read a great deal of French criticism , and wants to make it his own ; as if he had been for years anato- mising the heart of man , and peeping into every cranny of it . " GOLDSMITH ...
... things in a new way . " MURPHY . " He seems to have read a great deal of French criticism , and wants to make it his own ; as if he had been for years anato- mising the heart of man , and peeping into every cranny of it . " GOLDSMITH ...
Pagina 23
... thing towards the history of the language . " He bade me also go on with collections which I was making upon the antiquities of Scotland . " Make a large book ; a folio . " BOSWELL . " But of what use will it be , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
... thing towards the history of the language . " He bade me also go on with collections which I was making upon the antiquities of Scotland . " Make a large book ; a folio . " BOSWELL . " But of what use will it be , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
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