Boswell's Johnson: The Life of Samuel JohnsonDodd, Mead, 1923 - 343페이지 |
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... dear Boswell , I should be very unhappy at parting , did I think we were not to meet again . " I cannot too often remind my readers , that although such instances of his kindness are doubtless very flattering to me , yet I hope my ...
... dear Boswell , I should be very unhappy at parting , did I think we were not to meet again . " I cannot too often remind my readers , that although such instances of his kindness are doubtless very flattering to me , yet I hope my ...
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... dear , are the cause of this . " He had another particularity , of which none of his friends even ventured to ask an explanation . It appeared to me some superstitious habit , which he had contracted early , and from which he had never ...
... dear , are the cause of this . " He had another particularity , of which none of his friends even ventured to ask an explanation . It appeared to me some superstitious habit , which he had contracted early , and from which he had never ...
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... dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him one of the worst of men ; a ...
... dear Sir , you don't call Rousseau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him one of the worst of men ; a ...
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... dear Lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense can be defended but by nonsense . ' 99 He would not allow much merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , Sir , ( said he , ) is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He ...
... dear Lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense can be defended but by nonsense . ' 99 He would not allow much merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , Sir , ( said he , ) is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He ...
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... dear Sir , why should not you see what every one else sees ? " GOLDSMITH . " It is for fear of something that he has resolved to kill himself : and will not that timid disposition restrain him ? ” JOHNSON . " It does not signify that ...
... dear Sir , why should not you see what every one else sees ? " GOLDSMITH . " It is for fear of something that he has resolved to kill himself : and will not that timid disposition restrain him ? ” JOHNSON . " It does not signify that ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared Ashbourne asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Bishop bookseller BOSWELL breakfast Burke Burney called consider conversation death Dictionary Dilly dined dinner EDWARDS entertained expressed favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind lady Langton Lichfield literary lived London Lord Camden Lord Chesterfield Lordship Lucy Porter Madam manner Marchmont mentioned mind morning never night observed occasion once Oxford Percy pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise Pray pretty pretty woman recollect respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotchman Scotland seemed shewed shewn Sir Joshua Reynolds soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told Topham Beauclerk truth University of Oxford walked Whig Wilkes wish woman wonder writing wrote young
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24 페이지 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
111 페이지 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
46 페이지 - I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
133 페이지 - Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and the backs of books in libraries.
79 페이지 - Sir, they may talk of the king as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
15 페이지 - This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere P, that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it...
63 페이지 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression.
117 페이지 - Goldsmith's incessant desire of being conspicuous in company was the occasion of his sometimes appearing to such disadvantage as one should hardly have supposed possible in a man of his genius. When his literary reputation had risen deservedly high, and his society was much courted, he became very jealous of the extraordinary attention which was everywhere paid to Johnson. One evening, in a circle of wits, he found fault with me for talking of Johnson as entitled to the honour of unquestionable superiority....
13 페이지 - ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.
251 페이지 - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery. What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity? Or what more than to hold your tongue about it?