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... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
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... luctance to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- fered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's.
... luctance to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- fered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's.
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... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
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... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
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... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards agreeable answered appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON better bookseller BOSWELL Burke Burney called character compliment conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary dined dinner drink eminent entertained favour Francis Barber Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Madam manner mentioned merit mind morning never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College pleased pleasure Poets pounds praise publick recollect Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soon Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told topicks truth walked Whig Wilkes wine wish wonder write written wrote young
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127 페이지 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
16 페이지 - When at Oxford I took up Law's 'Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry.
253 페이지 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
553 페이지 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
230 페이지 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
64 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. " 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...
95 페이지 - I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted. And, in truth, had not my ardour been uncommonly strong, and my resolution uncommonly persevering, so rough a reception might have deterred me for ever from making any further attempts. Fortunately, however, I remained upon the field not wholly discomfited ; and was soon rewarded by hearing some of his conversation, of which I preserved the following short minute,...
119 페이지 - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.
548 페이지 - I was disobedient : I refused to attend my father to Uttoxeter market. Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault. I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bare-headed in the rain, on the spot where my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.
94 페이지 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.