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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... thing that might be done in a few weeks , and was surprised and fatigued at the length to which he found it expand : and it is not wonderful that at so advanced an age he was not very anxious to purchase minute accuracy by the labour of ...
... thing that might be done in a few weeks , and was surprised and fatigued at the length to which he found it expand : and it is not wonderful that at so advanced an age he was not very anxious to purchase minute accuracy by the labour of ...
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... thing of the same writer against Pope . Our materials are defective . “ As Waller professed to have imitated Fairfax , do you think a few pages of Fairfax would enrich our edi- Few readers have seen it , and it may please But it is not ...
... thing of the same writer against Pope . Our materials are defective . “ As Waller professed to have imitated Fairfax , do you think a few pages of Fairfax would enrich our edi- Few readers have seen it , and it may please But it is not ...
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... things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine Legation , ' you are always entertained . He carries you round and round , with- out carrying you forward to the point , but then you is it wrong , is it not ...
... things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine Legation , ' you are always entertained . He carries you round and round , with- out carrying you forward to the point , but then you is it wrong , is it not ...
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... thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When he thought there was intentional falsehood in the relater , his expression was , " He lies , and he knows he lies . " Speaking of Pope's not having been ...
... thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When he thought there was intentional falsehood in the relater , his expression was , " He lies , and he knows he lies . " Speaking of Pope's not having been ...
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... thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' re- lated the vicious as well as the virtuous actions of men ; which had this moral effect , that it kept mankind from despair , into which otherwise they would naturally fall , were they ...
... thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' re- lated the vicious as well as the virtuous actions of men ; which had this moral effect , that it kept mankind from despair , into which otherwise they would naturally fall , were they ...
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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