The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1922 |
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... gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of ...
... gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of ...
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... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
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... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS . My admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone ...
... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS . My admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone ...
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... at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother [ by Ambrose Phillips ] , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . B. HIS READING For you , ye fair , I quit 26 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother [ by Ambrose Phillips ] , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . B. HIS READING For you , ye fair , I quit 26 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being ...
... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being ...
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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