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... able to receive them at home , and being obliged to order supper at the Mitre . I went to Johnson in the morning , and talked of it as of a serious distress . He laughed , and said , “ Con- sider , sir , how insignificant this will ...
... able to receive them at home , and being obliged to order supper at the Mitre . I went to Johnson in the morning , and talked of it as of a serious distress . He laughed , and said , “ Con- sider , sir , how insignificant this will ...
Pagina 42
... able for retirement and meditation . Johnson told me , that he went up thither without mentioning it to his servant when he wanted to study , secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when ...
... able for retirement and meditation . Johnson told me , that he went up thither without mentioning it to his servant when he wanted to study , secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when ...
Pagina 53
... able to per- suade the world to be of his opinion as to Pope . " · We have now been favoured with the concluding volume , in which , to use a parliamentary expression , he has explained , so as not to appear quite so adverse to the ...
... able to per- suade the world to be of his opinion as to Pope . " · We have now been favoured with the concluding volume , in which , to use a parliamentary expression , he has explained , so as not to appear quite so adverse to the ...
Pagina 77
... able to study to - morrow ; not that you are to expect that you shall at once obtain a complete victory . Depravity is not very easily H 3 Etat . 54. ] 77 DR . JOHNSON . him something peculiar to himself. This vanity ...
... able to study to - morrow ; not that you are to expect that you shall at once obtain a complete victory . Depravity is not very easily H 3 Etat . 54. ] 77 DR . JOHNSON . him something peculiar to himself. This vanity ...
Pagina 79
... able to so illustrious a guest ; and the elder Mr. Langton and his lady , being fully capable of under- standing his value , were not wanting in attention . He , however , told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable ...
... able to so illustrious a guest ; and the elder Mr. Langton and his lady , being fully capable of under- standing his value , were not wanting in attention . He , however , told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson. with Copious Notes by Malone James Boswell Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 3 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Pagina 37 - I cannot now curse (smiling) the house of Hanover ; nor would it be decent for me to drink king James's health in the wine that king George gives me money to pay for. But, sir, I think that the pleasure of cursing the house of Hanover, and drinking king James's health, are amply overbalanced by three hundred pounds a year.
Pagina 334 - 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 104 - 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 250 - Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should be pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker in the House of Lords, the other, the best speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely.
Pagina 138 - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Pagina 269 - Edgeware road, and had carried down his books in two returned post-chaises. He said, he believed the farmer's family thought him an odd character, similar to that in which the Spectator appeared to his landlady and her children : he was The Gentleman. Mr.
Pagina 301 - I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
Pagina 74 - 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 84 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression.