The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1922 |
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... called the provincial's " grand tour " of London , visited the theatres , coffee - houses , and auction - rooms , heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at ...
... called the provincial's " grand tour " of London , visited the theatres , coffee - houses , and auction - rooms , heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at ...
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... called prodigious ; all are rich in appendixes , while Croker himself was not a busier com- mentator . Of the vast labour spent on this edition who now needs to be told ? In reverence for Johnson's memory and in admiration for his ...
... called prodigious ; all are rich in appendixes , while Croker himself was not a busier com- mentator . Of the vast labour spent on this edition who now needs to be told ? In reverence for Johnson's memory and in admiration for his ...
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... called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but I fear no copy of it can now be had . " He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins , usher , fondled me , the other was disgusted ...
... called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but I fear no copy of it can now be had . " He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins , usher , fondled me , the other was disgusted ...
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... called " a fine Jacobite fellow , " overheard him uttering this soliloquy in his strong emphatic voice : Well , I have a mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the Universities abroad . I'll go to ...
... called " a fine Jacobite fellow , " overheard him uttering this soliloquy in his strong emphatic voice : Well , I have a mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the Universities abroad . I'll go to ...
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... called , will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . 1 " If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
... called , will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . 1 " If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
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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