The Story of Doctor Johnson: Being an Introduction to Boswell's LifeThe University Press, 1919 - 157페이지 |
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... once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . " He learnt , too , to love his college and the uni- versity . Later we shall see how affectionately he talked of the days when ...
... once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . " He learnt , too , to love his college and the uni- versity . Later we shall see how affectionately he talked of the days when ...
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... once surprize and ridi- cule . Mrs Porter was so much engaged by his con- versation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages and said to her daughter , ' this is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life . " " " I ...
... once surprize and ridi- cule . Mrs Porter was so much engaged by his con- versation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages and said to her daughter , ' this is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life . " " " I ...
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... once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impetuous like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and errour in the advances of ...
... once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impetuous like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and errour in the advances of ...
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... . How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means he had attained to that aston- ishing knowledge of our language , by which he was 26 THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER.
... . How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means he had attained to that aston- ishing knowledge of our language , by which he was 26 THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER.
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... once asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse ; instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , ' Ignorance , Madam , -pure ignor- ance . 999 " His definition of Network has been often ...
... once asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse ; instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , ' Ignorance , Madam , -pure ignor- ance . 999 " His definition of Network has been often ...
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71 페이지 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
82 페이지 - Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have, is agreeable to you." JOHNSON. "What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?
95 페이지 - ... which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The royal game of goose was there in view And the twelve rules the Royal Martyr drew ; The Seasons, framed with listing, found a place, And brave Prince William shew'd his lamp-black face.
12 페이지 - Dr. Adams told me that Johnson, while he was at Pembroke College, " was caressed and loved by all about him, was a gay and frolicsome fellow, and passed there the happiest part of his life." But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, and how little any of us know of the real internal state even of those whom we see most frequently; for the truth is, that he was then depressed by poverty, and irritated by disease.
58 페이지 - He had another particularity, of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason to disentangle him. This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that either his right or his left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close...
59 페이지 - While he was talking, he perceived a person standing at a window in the room, shaking his head, and rolling himself about in a strange ridiculous manner.
114 페이지 - ... and fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers, just come in from the country. Johnson made some attempts to help them; but the honest gardeners stared so at his figure and manner, and odd interference, that he soon saw his services were not relished. They then repaired to one of the neighbouring taverns, and made a bowl of that liquor called Bishop...
143 페이지 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own: whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome: and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
101 페이지 - He died of a fever, exasperated, as I believe, by the fear of distress. He had raised money and squandered it, by every artifice of acquisition and folly of expense. But let not his frailties be remembered; he was a very great man.
153 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.