The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Two Volumes, 1권Henry Baldwin, 1791 - 516페이지 |
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... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would fufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it feems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could fcarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed ...
... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would fufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it feems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could fcarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed ...
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... suppose at five years old ] in his father's fhop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took him- self severely to task for this fin , adding ...
... suppose at five years old ] in his father's fhop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took him- self severely to task for this fin , adding ...
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... suppose verses to be read ) what would be , in each cafe , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
... suppose verses to be read ) what would be , in each cafe , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
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... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to mention Johnson's having told him , with much gravity , " Sir , it was a love - marriage upon both fides , " I have had from my illuftrious friend the ...
... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to mention Johnson's having told him , with much gravity , " Sir , it was a love - marriage upon both fides , " I have had from my illuftrious friend the ...
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... Suppose the merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the Notes will turn the balance in our favour , confidering the reputation of the Annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not ...
... Suppose the merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the Notes will turn the balance in our favour , confidering the reputation of the Annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not ...
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139 페이지 - Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
294 페이지 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
140 페이지 - Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
140 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.
223 페이지 - I was dressed and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
241 페이지 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
36 페이지 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
248 페이지 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense.
289 페이지 - His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life, but having fallen into ill health, he had not been able to read much, compared with others : for instance, he said he had not read much, compared with Dr. Warburton.
255 페이지 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.