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, 3권 |
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There is always this consolation , that we have one Protector who can never be
lost but by our own fault , and every new experience of the uncertainty of all other
comforts should determine us to fix our hearts where true joys are to be found .
There is always this consolation , that we have one Protector who can never be
lost but by our own fault , and every new experience of the uncertainty of all other
comforts should determine us to fix our hearts where true joys are to be found .
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Talking of history , Johnson said , “ We may know historical facts to be true , as
we may know facts in common life to be true . Motives are generally unknown . ( )
We cannot trust to the characters we find in history , unless when they are drawn
...
Talking of history , Johnson said , “ We may know historical facts to be true , as
we may know facts in common life to be true . Motives are generally unknown . ( )
We cannot trust to the characters we find in history , unless when they are drawn
...
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... as far as opportunity permitted . True it is , he considered the Scotch , nationally
, as a crafty , designing people , eagerly attentive to their own interest , and too
apt to overlook the claims and pretensions of other people . While they confine ...
... as far as opportunity permitted . True it is , he considered the Scotch , nationally
, as a crafty , designing people , eagerly attentive to their own interest , and too
apt to overlook the claims and pretensions of other people . While they confine ...
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policed , and wretchedly governed : a decent provision for the poor is the true test
of civilisation . Gentlemen of education , ' he observed , ' were pretty much the
same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders , the poor especially , was
...
policed , and wretchedly governed : a decent provision for the poor is the true test
of civilisation . Gentlemen of education , ' he observed , ' were pretty much the
same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders , the poor especially , was
...
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True , Sir ; all denominations of Christians have really little difference in point of
doctrine , though they may differ widely in external forms . There is a prodigious
difference between the external form of one of your Presbyterian churches in ...
True , Sir ; all denominations of Christians have really little difference in point of
doctrine , though they may differ widely in external forms . There is a prodigious
difference between the external form of one of your Presbyterian churches in ...
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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.
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| 제목 | 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, 3권 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, James Boswell |
| 저자 | James Boswell |
| 편집자 | John Wright |
| 출판 | 1835 |
| 소장 | 옥스포드 대학교 |
| 디지털화된 날짜: | 2006년 4월 6일 |
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