The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 1권1807 |
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... bear " Two coursers of ethereal race , " With necks in thunder cloath'd , and long resounding pace . " Ode on the Progress of Poesy . Etat . 57 . able part of that poem . 4 THE LIFE OF "Johnson's Court, Fleet-street, ...
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. Etat . 57 . able part of that poem . Much , no doubt , both of the 1766 . sentiments and expression , were derived from con versation with him ; and it was certainly submitted to his friendly revision : but ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. Etat . 57 . able part of that poem . Much , no doubt , both of the 1766 . sentiments and expression , were derived from con versation with him ; and it was certainly submitted to his friendly revision : but ...
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... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very ca- pable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very ca- pable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
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... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege of complaint . " I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege of complaint . " I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
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... able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Partney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
... able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the pleasure with which I should walk to Partney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
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470 페이지 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
356 페이지 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
246 페이지 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
228 페이지 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
49 페이지 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
74 페이지 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
191 페이지 - I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
6 페이지 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
257 페이지 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
469 페이지 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.