The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, 2권J. Brumby, 1824 |
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... give assist- ance to his friends , and others , in revising their works , and in writing for them , or greatly improving , their Dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of ...
... give assist- ance to his friends , and others , in revising their works , and in writing for them , or greatly improving , their Dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of ...
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... give you at your return . I am afraid we shall find it difficult to keep among us a mind which has been so long feasted with variety . But let us try what esteem and kindness can effect , " As your father's liberality has indulged you ...
... give you at your return . I am afraid we shall find it difficult to keep among us a mind which has been so long feasted with variety . But let us try what esteem and kindness can effect , " As your father's liberality has indulged you ...
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... give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you can get a shilling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a fool if you do not pay court . " He said , " If convents should be allowed at all , they ...
... give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you can get a shilling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a fool if you do not pay court . " He said , " If convents should be allowed at all , they ...
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... give yourself no more concern about a new play , than if you had never had any thing to do with the stage . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , our tastes greatly alter . The lad does not care for the child's rattle , and the old man does not ...
... give yourself no more concern about a new play , than if you had never had any thing to do with the stage . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , our tastes greatly alter . The lad does not care for the child's rattle , and the old man does not ...
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... give us . " If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniences , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and that all the importunities and perplexities of business are softness ...
... give us . " If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniences , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and that all the importunities and perplexities of business are softness ...
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317 페이지 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
257 페이지 - Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith there is little to be told, more than the papers have made public. He died of a fever, made, I am afraid, more violent by uneasiness of mind. His debts began to be heavy, and all his resources were exhausted. Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds. Was ever poet so trusted before...
285 페이지 - Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No', Sir; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE; — they never speak well of one another.
335 페이지 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
112 페이지 - ... a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially, was the true mark of national discrimination.
31 페이지 - Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the King, "if you had not written so well.
227 페이지 - Sir, the only method by which religious truth can be established is by martyrdom. The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks ; and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to surfer. I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth, but by persecution on the one hand and enduring it on the other.
336 페이지 - We must consider how very little , history there is; I mean real authentic history. That certain kings reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true ; but all the colouring, all the philosophy of history, is conjecture.