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Pagina 27
... DEAR SIR , Mr. Alexander Maclean , the young laird of Col , being to set out to - morrow for London , I give him this letter to introduce him to your acquaintance . The kindness which you and I experi- enced from his brother , whose ...
... DEAR SIR , Mr. Alexander Maclean , the young laird of Col , being to set out to - morrow for London , I give him this letter to introduce him to your acquaintance . The kindness which you and I experi- enced from his brother , whose ...
Pagina 29
... Sir , I shall be glad to have a new sense given to me . ' " 6 " He had come ... Sir , you are not to wonder at that ; no man's face has had more wear and tear ... dear a rate . suffer myself to be flattered with hope that only half the ...
... Sir , I shall be glad to have a new sense given to me . ' " 6 " He had come ... Sir , you are not to wonder at that ; no man's face has had more wear and tear ... dear a rate . suffer myself to be flattered with hope that only half the ...
Pagina 31
... DEAR SIR , Never dream of any offence . How should you offend me ? I consider your friendship as a possession , which I intend to hold till you take it from me , and to lament if ever by my fault I should lose it . However , when such ...
... DEAR SIR , Never dream of any offence . How should you offend me ? I consider your friendship as a possession , which I intend to hold till you take it from me , and to lament if ever by my fault I should lose it . However , when such ...
Pagina 32
... dear Sir , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 232. TO MR . GRANGER . ( 1 ) - ( About 1775 , but has no date . ) " SIR , When I returned from the country I found your letter ; and would very gladly have done what you desire , had it been ...
... dear Sir , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 232. TO MR . GRANGER . ( 1 ) - ( About 1775 , but has no date . ) " SIR , When I returned from the country I found your letter ; and would very gladly have done what you desire , had it been ...
Pagina 33
... DEAR SIR , — I have at last sent you all Lord Hailes's papers . While I was in France , I looked very often into Henault ; but Lord Hailes , in my opinion , leaves him far and far behind . Why I did not despatch so short a perusal ...
... DEAR SIR , — I have at last sent you all Lord Hailes's papers . While I was in France , I looked very often into Henault ; but Lord Hailes , in my opinion , leaves him far and far behind . Why I did not despatch so short a perusal ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 6 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ..., Volume 6 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1844 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 6 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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Pagina 81 - ... be some degree of care and anxiety. 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 welcomer you are. No...
Pagina 309 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Pagina 209 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour245, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
Pagina 118 - Depend upon it, Sir, this is not true. A woman of fortune being used to the handling of money, spends it judiciously: but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage, has such a gust in spending it, that she throws it away with great profusion.
Pagina 187 - I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion to open my plan thus : — 'Mr. Dilly, Sir, sends his respectful compliments to you, and would be happy if you would do him the honour to dine with him on Wednesday next along with me, as I must soon go to Scotland.
Pagina 245 - Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless merriment or useful sense. Where aught of bright or fair the piece displays, Approve it only — 'tis too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Pagina 225 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Pagina 178 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.
Pagina 82 - As soon (said he) as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude : when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.
Pagina 299 - Wearing out life's evening gray : * Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, * What is bliss ? and which the way ? " BOSWELL. " But why smite his bosom, Sir !" JOHNSON. "Why to shew he was in earnest,