The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... consider what her flattery is worth before she choked him with it , the italics are removed by Mr. Croker , with loss of point . The arrangement of paragraphs , too , is altered , several being fused into one . 66 These , as I say , are ...
... consider what her flattery is worth before she choked him with it , the italics are removed by Mr. Croker , with loss of point . The arrangement of paragraphs , too , is altered , several being fused into one . 66 These , as I say , are ...
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... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains , was not a particular selection from his gene- ral conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains , was not a particular selection from his gene- ral conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
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... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presump- tuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion ...
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presump- tuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion ...
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... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity that it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens ...
... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity that it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens ...
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... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too many ...
... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too many ...
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158 페이지 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
137 페이지 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
183 페이지 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits of life were very opposite to his, but who was ever eminent for literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jfeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary: " H seldom, perhaps never, begins any but the first syllable.
288 페이지 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
85 페이지 - O thou whose pow'er o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path- motive, guide, original, and end.
35 페이지 - 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. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, "Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all...
119 페이지 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...
285 페이지 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on. his hinder legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprized to find it done at all.
313 페이지 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
53 페이지 - He now set up a private academy, for which purpose " he hired a large house, well situated, near his native city. In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, there is the following advertisement : " At Edial, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages, by SAMUEL JOHNSON.