The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1922 |
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... Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our ...
... Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our ...
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... Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this early compliment : adding , with a ...
... Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this early compliment : adding , with a ...
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... Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University that he had ever known come there . " then . In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in ...
... Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University that he had ever known come there . " then . In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in ...
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... Oxford , in the character of his companion : though , in fact , he never received any assistance whatever from that gentleman.1 He , however , went to Oxford , and was entered a com- moner of Pembroke College , on the 31st of October ...
... Oxford , in the character of his companion : though , in fact , he never received any assistance whatever from that gentleman.1 He , however , went to Oxford , and was entered a com- moner of Pembroke College , on the 31st of October ...
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... Oxford , 20th March , 1776. B. It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
... Oxford , 20th March , 1776. B. It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
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186 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? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
187 페이지 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
186 페이지 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
371 페이지 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
142 페이지 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
186 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 favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
191 페이지 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
348 페이지 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
401 페이지 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
505 페이지 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all