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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... less presumptuous car , Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , With necks in thunder cloth'd , and long resounding pace . " Ode on the Progress of Poesy . " How small of all that human hearts endure , 4 ...
... less presumptuous car , Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , With necks in thunder cloth'd , and long resounding pace . " Ode on the Progress of Poesy . " How small of all that human hearts endure , 4 ...
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... less practice . Now , Sir , the good I can do by my conversation bears the same proportion to the good I can do by my writings , that the practice of a physician , retired to a small town , does to his prac- tice in a great city ...
... less practice . Now , Sir , the good I can do by my conversation bears the same proportion to the good I can do by my writings , that the practice of a physician , retired to a small town , does to his prac- tice in a great city ...
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... less than the tenth part of his income was set apart for charity ; at the time of his death , the sum of twenty - five pounds was found , with a direction to be em- ployed in such uses . " He had laid down a plan of living proportioned ...
... less than the tenth part of his income was set apart for charity ; at the time of his death , the sum of twenty - five pounds was found , with a direction to be em- ployed in such uses . " He had laid down a plan of living proportioned ...
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... less the object will appear . " " Why ( replied the King ) , this is not only telling an untruth , but telling it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one who can look through a microscope will be able to detect him . " " I now ...
... less the object will appear . " " Why ( replied the King ) , this is not only telling an untruth , but telling it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one who can look through a microscope will be able to detect him . " " I now ...
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... less and less , till we are almost unconnected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the grave . There is always this consolation , that we have one Protector who can never be lost but by our own fault , and ...
... less and less , till we are almost unconnected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the grave . There is always this consolation , that we have one Protector who can never be lost but by our own fault , and ...
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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.