The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Volume 11807 |
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Pagina 90
... Edinburgh , he thought fit to entertain a numerous Scotch company , with a great deal of coarse jocula- rity , at the expence of Dr. Johnson , imagining it would be accept- able . I felt this as not civil to me ; but sat very patiently ...
... Edinburgh , he thought fit to entertain a numerous Scotch company , with a great deal of coarse jocula- rity , at the expence of Dr. Johnson , imagining it would be accept- able . I felt this as not civil to me ; but sat very patiently ...
Pagina 141
... Edinburgh , April 18 , 1771 . " I CAN now fully understand those intervals of silence in your correspondence with me , which have often given me anxiety and uneasiness ; for although I am conscious that my veneration and love for Mr ...
... Edinburgh , April 18 , 1771 . " I CAN now fully understand those intervals of silence in your correspondence with me , which have often given me anxiety and uneasiness ; for although I am conscious that my veneration and love for Mr ...
Pagina 143
... Edinburgh , July 27 , 1771 . " The bearer of this , Mr. Beattie , Professor of Moral Philosophy at Aberdeen , is desirous of being introduced to your acquaintance . His genius and learning , and labours in the service of virtue and reli ...
... Edinburgh , July 27 , 1771 . " The bearer of this , Mr. Beattie , Professor of Moral Philosophy at Aberdeen , is desirous of being introduced to your acquaintance . His genius and learning , and labours in the service of virtue and reli ...
Pagina 151
... Edinburgh , May 3 , 1792 . " As I suppose your great work will soon be reprinted , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a passage of it , in which I am a little misrepresented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresenta- tion is not ...
... Edinburgh , May 3 , 1792 . " As I suppose your great work will soon be reprinted , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a passage of it , in which I am a little misrepresented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresenta- tion is not ...
Pagina 159
... did . JOHNSON . " Sir , if the Highlan- ders understood Irish , why translate the New Testa- ment into Erse , as was lately done at Edinburgh , 1772. when there is an Irish translation ? " BoSWELL DR . JOHNSON . 159.
... did . JOHNSON . " Sir , if the Highlan- ders understood Irish , why translate the New Testa- ment into Erse , as was lately done at Edinburgh , 1772. when there is an Irish translation ? " BoSWELL DR . JOHNSON . 159.
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Pagina 470 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Pagina 356 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Pagina 246 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Pagina 228 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
Pagina 49 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Pagina 74 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Pagina 191 - 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 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Pagina 257 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Pagina 469 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. 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 welcoroer you are.