The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Volume 21851 |
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Pagina 11
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
Pagina 12
... Human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and Luke ...
... Human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and Luke ...
Pagina 17
... Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made no more . " GOLDSMITH : " Let us hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; I have forgot it ...
... Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made no more . " GOLDSMITH : " Let us hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; I have forgot it ...
Pagina 25
... humanity ; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most ...
... humanity ; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most ...
Pagina 28
... human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But wrapt in ...
... human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But wrapt in ...
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Account of Corsica acquaintance admiration affectionate afraid afterwards answered appeared asked believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller called character church compliments consider conversation DEAR SIR dined Doctor of Medicine Edinburgh edition eminent England Erse favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge king lady Langton laugh learned letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford pamphlet perhaps pleased pleasure poem published reason remark respect Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Reynolds soon suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale told Tom Davies truth Williams wish wonder write written wrote
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Pagina 102 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Pagina 258 - Smart showed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.
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Pagina 61 - I think that essay does her honour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; it does her honour, but it would do nobody else honour. I have, indeed, not read it all. But when I take up the end of a web, and find it packthread, I do not expect, by looking further to find embroidery. Sir, I will venture to say, there is not one sentence of true criticism in her book.
Pagina 140 - He was then very merry, and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants. Among other things, he said, that if he were necessitated to take any particular profession of life, he could not be a lawyer, adding his reasons : 'I cannot (saith he,) defend a bad, nor yield in a good cause.
Pagina 111 - Goldsmith's Life of Parnell is poor; not that it is poorly written, but that he had poor materials ; for nobody can write the life of a man, but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
Pagina 82 - 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 258 - ... had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk. Some gentlemen, whom I do not recollect, were sitting with him; and when they went away, I also rose; but he said to me, " Nay, don't go." " Sir," said I, " I am afraid that I intrude upon you. It is benevolent to allow me to sit and hear you.
Pagina 113 - 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.