The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5J. Murray, 1831 |
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... asked him for some money for persons in distress , and Mr. Met- calfe has offered what Johnson thought too much , he insisted on taking less , saying , " No , no , sir ; we must not pamper them ' . ' [ With advising others to be ...
... asked him for some money for persons in distress , and Mr. Met- calfe has offered what Johnson thought too much , he insisted on taking less , saying , " No , no , sir ; we must not pamper them ' . ' [ With advising others to be ...
Pagina 5
... asked for Dr. Johnson's autograph is natural enough ; but that , after a lapse of five years , he should have been satisfied with receiving instead of an autograph a few bristles of a broom is too absurd ; and that Dr. Burney should not ...
... asked for Dr. Johnson's autograph is natural enough ; but that , after a lapse of five years , he should have been satisfied with receiving instead of an autograph a few bristles of a broom is too absurd ; and that Dr. Burney should not ...
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... Gerard Hamilton ; and this was , perhaps , the occasion which made Mr. Hamilton say that he once asked him for 50 % . for a charitable pur- pose.-ED. ] " We were married almost seventeen years , and have 22 1782. - ETAT . 73 .
... Gerard Hamilton ; and this was , perhaps , the occasion which made Mr. Hamilton say that he once asked him for 50 % . for a charitable pur- pose.-ED. ] " We were married almost seventeen years , and have 22 1782. - ETAT . 73 .
Pagina 47
... asking who it was , answered , " Lord Bute , when he signed the warrant for your pen- sion . " Upon which Johnson , struck with the repartee , acknowledged that this was true . When I mentioned it to Johnson , " Sir , " said he , " if ...
... asking who it was , answered , " Lord Bute , when he signed the warrant for your pen- sion . " Upon which Johnson , struck with the repartee , acknowledged that this was true . When I mentioned it to Johnson , " Sir , " said he , " if ...
Pagina 53
... asked him whether he had been abroad to - day . " Don't talk so childishly , " said he . " You may as well ask if I hanged myself to - day . " I mentioned politicks . JOHNSON . " Sir , I'd as soon have a man to break my bones as talk to ...
... asked him whether he had been abroad to - day . " Don't talk so childishly , " said he . " You may as well ask if I hanged myself to - day . " I mentioned politicks . JOHNSON . " Sir , I'd as soon have a man to break my bones as talk to ...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 5 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1851 |
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 5 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1852 |
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Pagina 177 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Pagina 19 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no...
Pagina 108 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, •and ought to be diminished ?
Pagina 431 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed...
Pagina 18 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.
Pagina 249 - Mr. Windham has been here to see me ; he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half, perhaps I make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature ; and there Windham is, inter Stellas* Luna minores.
Pagina 262 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit, to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous enquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved.
Pagina 287 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Pagina 176 - But may not a man attain to such a degree of hope as not to be uneasy from the fear of death?" JOHNSON. "A man may have such a degree of hope as to keep him quiet. You see I am not quiet, from the vehemence with which I talk; but I do not despair." MRS. ADAMS. " You seem, Sir, to forget the merits of our Redeemer.
Pagina 265 - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault.