The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5J. Murray, 1831 |
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... remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my real opinion . " However , it cannot be published in its present state . Many of your notions ...
... remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my real opinion . " However , it cannot be published in its present state . Many of your notions ...
Pagina 45
... remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , " said she : " a long head is as good as short - hand ...
... remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , " said she : " a long head is as good as short - hand ...
Pagina 48
... remark which a respectable friend had made to me upon the then state of go- vernment , when those who had been long in oppo- sition had attained to power , as it was supposed , against the inclination of the sovereign . " You need not ...
... remark which a respectable friend had made to me upon the then state of go- vernment , when those who had been long in oppo- sition had attained to power , as it was supposed , against the inclination of the sovereign . " You need not ...
Pagina 63
... remark is confirmed by the following story , for which I am indebted to Lord Eliot : -A country parson , who was remarkable for quoting scraps of Latin in his sermons , having died , one of his parishioners was asked how he liked his ...
... remark is confirmed by the following story , for which I am indebted to Lord Eliot : -A country parson , who was remarkable for quoting scraps of Latin in his sermons , having died , one of his parishioners was asked how he liked his ...
Pagina 66
... remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard him , " that I ...
... remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard him , " that I ...
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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.