The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, 8권1835 |
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... and with Vol . X. , to be published on the 1st of December , there will accordingly be given a fresh set of titlepages for the whole of this collection . London , Sept. 20. 1835 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. 1781 . - The " Lives vi NOTICE .
... and with Vol . X. , to be published on the 1st of December , there will accordingly be given a fresh set of titlepages for the whole of this collection . London , Sept. 20. 1835 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. 1781 . - The " Lives vi NOTICE .
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... given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may think his opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : " But ...
... given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may think his opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : " But ...
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... given up by their author . But when it is considered that these writings were not sins of youth , but deliberate works of one well advanced in life , overflowing at once with flattery to a great man of great interest in the church , and ...
... given up by their author . But when it is considered that these writings were not sins of youth , but deliberate works of one well advanced in life , overflowing at once with flattery to a great man of great interest in the church , and ...
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... given in the note a lie . " The language is warm indeed ; and , I must own , cannot be justified in consistency with a decent regard to the established forms of speech . Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to ex- press ...
... given in the note a lie . " The language is warm indeed ; and , I must own , cannot be justified in consistency with a decent regard to the established forms of speech . Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to ex- press ...
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... given by Mr. Thomas Sheridan ( see post , 15th April , 1781 ) , namely , that it was a friendly execution put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real ...
... given by Mr. Thomas Sheridan ( see post , 15th April , 1781 ) , namely , that it was a friendly execution put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real ...
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acquaintance admirable afterwards answered antè appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney called character church club consider conversation curious DEAR SIR death desire died dined dropsy eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy Hebrides honour Hoole hope JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Thurlow lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad Madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps person physicians pleased pleasure poet pounds praise prayers pretty woman published recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Whig Wilkes William wish wonder write written wrote young
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394 페이지 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
81 페이지 - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
120 페이지 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
44 페이지 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
270 페이지 - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
67 페이지 - 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; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
383 페이지 - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
84 페이지 - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
279 페이지 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
72 페이지 - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him