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, 3권1835 |
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... Scotland , I men- tioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
... Scotland , I men- tioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
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... Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - LETTER 100. TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " London , August 10. 1766 . • " DEAR SIR , The reception of your Thesis put me in mind of my debt to you . Why did you . . . ( 1 ) . I will punish you ...
... Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - LETTER 100. TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " London , August 10. 1766 . • " DEAR SIR , The reception of your Thesis put me in mind of my debt to you . Why did you . . . ( 1 ) . I will punish you ...
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... Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge had opposed the scheme of translating the Holy Scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
... Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge had opposed the scheme of translating the Holy Scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
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... his country - house in Scotland . ] ( 2 ) [ See the article Lowth , in Chalmers's Biographical Dic- tionary , vol . xx . p . 438. ] spoke worse of Kings than they deserved , he could C 4 ÆTAT . 58. INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE III . 23.
... his country - house in Scotland . ] ( 2 ) [ See the article Lowth , in Chalmers's Biographical Dic- tionary , vol . xx . p . 438. ] spoke worse of Kings than they deserved , he could C 4 ÆTAT . 58. INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE III . 23.
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... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the cir- cumstances of time and place , such fragments of his conversation as I preserved ...
... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the cir- cumstances of time and place , such fragments of his conversation as I preserved ...
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206 페이지 - Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment.
85 페이지 - Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.
29 페이지 - I desired all to withdraw ; then told her that we were to part forever; that as Christians, we should part with prayer; and that I would, if she was willing, say a short prayer beside her.
85 페이지 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
201 페이지 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
252 페이지 - On Tuesday, April 13, he and Dr. Goldsmith and I dined at General Oglethorpe's. Goldsmith expatiated on the common topick, that the race of our people was degenerated, and that this was owing to luxury. JOHNSON. " Sir, in the first place, I doubt the fact. I believe there are as many tall men in England now, as ever there were.
225 페이지 - I collated such copies as I could procure, and wished for more, but have not found the collectors of these rarities very communicative.
174 페이지 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
247 페이지 - History of his Own Times,' is very entertaining. The style, indeed, is mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied ; but he was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth. He was like a man who resolves to regulate his time by a certain watch ; but he will not inquire whether the watch is right or not.
272 페이지 - Nay, Sir, I would not have him prove it. If he is content to take his information from others, he may get through his book with little trouble, and without much endangering his reputation. But if he makes experiments for so comprehensive a book as his, there would be no end to them ; his erroneous assertions would then fall upon himself ; and he might be blamed for not having made experiments as to every particular.