The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, 2권H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem strange even to entertain a doubt concerning a ...
... known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem strange even to entertain a doubt concerning a ...
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... known , and do not want it . I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received , or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron , which Provi- dence has ...
... known , and do not want it . I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received , or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron , which Provi- dence has ...
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... known that he denied him to a man who would have been always more than wel- come ; " and in confirmation of this , he insisted on Lord Chesterfield's general affability and easiness of access , especially to literary men . " Sir ...
... known that he denied him to a man who would have been always more than wel- come ; " and in confirmation of this , he insisted on Lord Chesterfield's general affability and easiness of access , especially to literary men . " Sir ...
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... known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . ---- At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . “ SIR , — It has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not commit ; your own elegance of manners , and punctuality ...
... known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . ---- At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . “ SIR , — It has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not commit ; your own elegance of manners , and punctuality ...
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... known you enough to love you , and sincerely to wish a further knowledge ; and I assure you , once more , that to live in a house that contains such a father and such a son , will be accounted a very uncommon degree of pleasure , by ...
... known you enough to love you , and sincerely to wish a further knowledge ; and I assure you , once more , that to live in a house that contains such a father and such a son , will be accounted a very uncommon degree of pleasure , by ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards answer antè appear Baretti Beauclerk BENNET LANGTON Bishop Boswell Burke Burney called Charles Burney College conversation CROKER dear Sir death Dictionary died dine doubt Earl edition English Essay favour Garrick gave genius gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hawkins hear heard honour hope humble servant John Johnson Joseph Warton kind King lady Langton letter literary lived London Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lord Macartney LUCY PORTER Madam mankind mentioned merit mind Miss never observed once opinion Oxford pension perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet pounds published Rasselas received recollect Samuel Johnson seems Shakspeare Sheridan shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Robert Chambers suppose sure talk tell thing Thomas THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton William wish write written wrote
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7 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.
8 페이지 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
9 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...
8 페이지 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
231 페이지 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
196 페이지 - To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit; he only bears crabs. But, sir, a tree that produces a great many crabs is better than a tree which produces only a few.
48 페이지 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
97 페이지 - HONOURED MADAM, — The account which Miss [Porter] gives me of your health pierces my heart. God comfort and preserve you and save you, for the sake of Jesus Christ. " I would have Miss read to you from time to time the passion of our Saviour, and sometimes the sentences in the communion service, beginning — ' Come unto me, all ye that travel and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
51 페이지 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
5 페이지 - ... declare, that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship. Nay, more ; I will not only obey him like an old Roman, as my dictator, but, like a modern Roman, I will implicitly believe in him as my Pope, and hold him to be infallible while in the chair, but no longer. More than this he cannot well require ; for, I presume, that obedience can never be expected, when...