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, 3권G. Cowie, 1824 |
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... concerning the state of another at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that person concerning his health are imaginary and delusive ; and hence has a rational ground for supposing that his own appre- hensions ...
... concerning the state of another at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that person concerning his health are imaginary and delusive ; and hence has a rational ground for supposing that his own appre- hensions ...
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... concerning the Douglas Estate , in which I was one of the counsel , was to come on . I brought with me Mr. Murray , Solicitor - General of Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I ...
... concerning the Douglas Estate , in which I was one of the counsel , was to come on . I brought with me Mr. Murray , Solicitor - General of Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I ...
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... concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not re- gard that uneasiness ...
... concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not re- gard that uneasiness ...
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... concerning moral truth , human passions are generally mixed , and therefore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5 , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's ...
... concerning moral truth , human passions are generally mixed , and therefore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5 , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's ...
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... concerning those dramatick poets with whom he had been chiefly conversant . He also engaged to write several of the Lives ; which ( as we are told ) he , accordingly , performed . He was farther useful in striking out the Jacobitical ...
... concerning those dramatick poets with whom he had been chiefly conversant . He also engaged to write several of the Lives ; which ( as we are told ) he , accordingly , performed . He was farther useful in striking out the Jacobitical ...
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169 페이지 - WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
195 페이지 - Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
174 페이지 - Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
162 페이지 - Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
169 페이지 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
60 페이지 - And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk to me as if I could not meet any company whatever, occasionally.
90 페이지 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
279 페이지 - From this pleasing subject, he, I know not how or why, made a sudden transition to one upon which he was a violent aggressor; for he said, " I am willing to love all mankind, except an American:" and his inflammable corruption bursting into horrid fire, he " breathed out threatenings and slaughter; " calling them, " Rascals — Robbers — Pirates;" and exclaiming, he'd
320 페이지 - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
337 페이지 - Is not modesty natural ?" JOHNSON. " I cannot say, Sir, as we find no people quite in a state of nature ; but, I think, the more they are taught, the more modest they are. The French are a gross, ill-bred, untaught people : a lady there will spit on the floor and rub it with her foot. What I gained by being in France was, learning to be better satisfied with my own country.