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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... wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex them , no doubt ; but ...
... wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex them , no doubt ; but ...
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... wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of ...
... wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of ...
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... wrote Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi , " of great eminence in the learned and the witty world , who had hung up some pots on his wall to furnish nests for sparrows . The poor sparrows , not know- ing his character , were seduced by the ...
... wrote Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi , " of great eminence in the learned and the witty world , who had hung up some pots on his wall to furnish nests for sparrows . The poor sparrows , not know- ing his character , were seduced by the ...
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... wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BosWELL . " Such as Carte's History ...
... wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BosWELL . " Such as Carte's History ...
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... wrote the Preface . JOHNSON . " Old Gardner the bookseller employed Rolt and Smart to write a monthly miscellany , called The Visitor . ' There was a formal written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of ...
... wrote the Preface . JOHNSON . " Old Gardner the bookseller employed Rolt and Smart to write a monthly miscellany , called The Visitor . ' There was a formal written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of ...
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436 페이지 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
211 페이지 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
81 페이지 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
470 페이지 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
81 페이지 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
444 페이지 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
403 페이지 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
444 페이지 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
142 페이지 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
219 페이지 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.