The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Sonnenschein, 1910 |
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Pagina xiii
... occasion described . They are , therefore , a faithful record of the situa- tion ; we seem to hear the great sage rolling forth his full periods ; we see his follower recording ; and it must have been an obtuse sense which could not see ...
... occasion described . They are , therefore , a faithful record of the situa- tion ; we seem to hear the great sage rolling forth his full periods ; we see his follower recording ; and it must have been an obtuse sense which could not see ...
Pagina xxi
... occasion , compelled to suppress the name under the disguise of " an eminent person , " or " a literary friend of his , ” the person thus dealt with could be readily identified . But though suffered to take his course without being ...
... occasion , compelled to suppress the name under the disguise of " an eminent person , " or " a literary friend of his , ” the person thus dealt with could be readily identified . But though suffered to take his course without being ...
Pagina xxiv
... occasion may be interpreted as a proof that he is despised by you , which I know is not the case . Earl Percy is to dine with General Paoli nex ! Friday ; and I should be sincerely glad to have it in my power to satisfy his lordship how ...
... occasion may be interpreted as a proof that he is despised by you , which I know is not the case . Earl Percy is to dine with General Paoli nex ! Friday ; and I should be sincerely glad to have it in my power to satisfy his lordship how ...
Pagina xxviii
... occasion . ' I do not remember it , sir . ' The physician still insisted , adding , that he that day wore so fine a coat that it must have attracted his notice . ' Sir , ' said Johnson , ' had you , & c . ' " How infinitely superior ...
... occasion . ' I do not remember it , sir . ' The physician still insisted , adding , that he that day wore so fine a coat that it must have attracted his notice . ' Sir , ' said Johnson , ' had you , & c . ' " How infinitely superior ...
Pagina xlvii
... occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , London . April 20 ...
... occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , London . April 20 ...
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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...