The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most in- structive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 , EDMOND MALONE . 1799 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS * OF SAMUEL ADVERTISEMENT . xxi.
... by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most in- structive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 , EDMOND MALONE . 1799 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS * OF SAMUEL ADVERTISEMENT . xxi.
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... ENGLISH LANGUAGE , ad- dressed to Philip Dormer Earl of Chesterfield . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . 1748. Life of Roscommon . acknowl . Foreign History , November . intern . evid . For Dodsley's PRECEPTOR , Preface . acknowl ...
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE , ad- dressed to Philip Dormer Earl of Chesterfield . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . 1748. Life of Roscommon . acknowl . Foreign History , November . intern . evid . For Dodsley's PRECEPTOR , Preface . acknowl ...
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... ENGLISH LANGUAGE . acknowl . An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle , with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe from the ...
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE . acknowl . An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle , with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe from the ...
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... English Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes . ac- knowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale . acknowl . Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against cer- tain Persons who pirated those Papers as ...
... English Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes . ac- knowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale . acknowl . Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against cer- tain Persons who pirated those Papers as ...
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... English Works , published by the Reverend Mr. Bennet . acknowl . The Life of Ascham , also prefixed to that edition . ac- knowl . Review of Telemachus , a Masque , by the Reverend George Graham of Eton College , in the Critical Review ...
... English Works , published by the Reverend Mr. Bennet . acknowl . The Life of Ascham , also prefixed to that edition . ac- knowl . Review of Telemachus , a Masque , by the Reverend George Graham of Eton College , in the Critical Review ...
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227 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,
226 페이지 - 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; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
226 페이지 - 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 native of the rocks.
194 페이지 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of...
372 페이지 - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
225 페이지 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
54 페이지 - His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
164 페이지 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
171 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.
xxxii 페이지 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.