The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5J. Murray, 1831 |
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Pagina 9
... mind every now and then to think myself better , and I now hope to be better under your care . " " Lichfield , 3d December , 1781 . " I am now come back to Lichfield , where I do not intend to stay long enough to receive another letter ...
... mind every now and then to think myself better , and I now hope to be better under your care . " " Lichfield , 3d December , 1781 . " I am now come back to Lichfield , where I do not intend to stay long enough to receive another letter ...
Pagina 16
... mind , contributed much to disturb it . He had studied medicine diligently in all its branches ; but had given particular attention to the diseases of the imagination , which he watched in him- self with a solicitude destructive of his ...
... mind , contributed much to disturb it . He had studied medicine diligently in all its branches ; but had given particular attention to the diseases of the imagination , which he watched in him- self with a solicitude destructive of his ...
Pagina 17
... mind , and his tongue in his mind , and his right hand , we should not much lament the rest . I should not despair of helping the swelled hand by electricity , if it were fre- quently and diligently supplied . " Let me know from time to ...
... mind , and his tongue in his mind , and his right hand , we should not much lament the rest . I should not despair of helping the swelled hand by electricity , if it were fre- quently and diligently supplied . " Let me know from time to ...
Pagina 18
... mind , I made a journey to Staffordshire on the edge of winter . The season was dreary , I was sickly , and found the friends sickly whom I went to see . After a sorrowful sojourn , I returned to a habitation possessed for the present ...
... mind , I made a journey to Staffordshire on the edge of winter . The season was dreary , I was sickly , and found the friends sickly whom I went to see . After a sorrowful sojourn , I returned to a habitation possessed for the present ...
Pagina 21
... mind . My mind has been for some time much disturbed . The peace of God be with me . 66 " I hope to - morrow to finish Lawrence , and to write to Mrs. Aston , and to Lucy . " 19. — I rose late . I was visited by Mrs. Thrale , Mr. Cotton ...
... mind . My mind has been for some time much disturbed . The peace of God be with me . 66 " I hope to - morrow to finish Lawrence , and to write to Mrs. Aston , and to Lucy . " 19. — I rose late . I was visited by Mrs. Thrale , Mr. Cotton ...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 5 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1851 |
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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.