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Pagina 38
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " 1 Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " 1 Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
Pagina 106
... BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and have therefore taken a whole sheet of paper . The first thing to be written about is our historical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers , as an alteration in the ...
... BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and have therefore taken a whole sheet of paper . The first thing to be written about is our historical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers , as an alteration in the ...
Pagina 119
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life from Brook - street into Gray's - Inn ...
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life from Brook - street into Gray's - Inn ...
Pagina 128
... believe I shall not undertake it . " That he , however , had bestowed much thought upon the subject , before he pub- lished his " Plan , " is evident from the enlarged , clear , and accurate views which it exhibits ; and we find him ...
... believe I shall not undertake it . " That he , however , had bestowed much thought upon the subject , before he pub- lished his " Plan , " is evident from the enlarged , clear , and accurate views which it exhibits ; and we find him ...
Pagina 141
... believe was " born but to die . " Johnson was , I think , not very happy in the choice of his title " The Rambler " ; which certainly is not suited to a series of grave and moral discourses ; which the Italians have literally , but ...
... believe was " born but to die . " Johnson was , I think , not very happy in the choice of his title " The Rambler " ; which certainly is not suited to a series of grave and moral discourses ; which the Italians have literally , but ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 186 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Pagina 187 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Pagina 186 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Pagina 371 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Pagina 142 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Pagina 186 - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Pagina 191 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Pagina 348 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Pagina 401 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Pagina 505 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all