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Pagina xlv
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . 1 His title - page caused Boswell much ...
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . 1 His title - page caused Boswell much ...
Pagina 12
... common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
... common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
Pagina 14
... common in these days to persons in much higher rank . I was sick ; one woman fondled me , the other was disgusted . She bought me a small silver cup and spoon , marked SAM . I. , lest , if they had been marked S. I. , which was her name ...
... common in these days to persons in much higher rank . I was sick ; one woman fondled me , the other was disgusted . She bought me a small silver cup and spoon , marked SAM . I. , lest , if they had been marked S. I. , which was her name ...
Pagina 18
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against ...
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against ...
Pagina 29
... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly Virgilian ...
... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly Virgilian ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to ..., Volume 1 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1884 |
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Pagina 256 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Pagina 256 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Pagina 241 - That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Pagina 41 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
Pagina 470 - Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know ; Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again.
Pagina 411 - 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 158 - Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, My Lord...
Pagina 275 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Pagina 6 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark, that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving z with violent commotion.
Pagina 119 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...