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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... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON : " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON : " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
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... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often ...
... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often ...
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... observing , that he understood he came sometimes to the library ; and then mentioned his having heard that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , and asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he ...
... observing , that he understood he came sometimes to the library ; and then mentioned his having heard that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , and asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that " no man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high ...
... observed to me , upon this , that " no man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high ...
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... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay ( said the King ) , they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay ( said the King ) , they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
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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.