The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, 1권1821 |
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... opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encourage- ment for me to persevere in my purpose of pro- ducing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former . In my ...
... opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encourage- ment for me to persevere in my purpose of pro- ducing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former . In my ...
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... opinion which he has given , * that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent ...
... opinion which he has given , * that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent ...
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... opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but ...
... opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but ...
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... opinion , that mi- nute particulars are frequently characteristick , and always amusing , when they relate to a distinguished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend ...
... opinion , that mi- nute particulars are frequently characteristick , and always amusing , when they relate to a distinguished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend ...
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... opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and disgrace . But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson was an HYPOCHONDRIACK , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has ...
... opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and disgrace . But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson was an HYPOCHONDRIACK , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has ...
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177 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 Addison...
206 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...
152 페이지 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
103 페이지 - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
210 페이지 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
157 페이지 - a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
49 페이지 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
65 페이지 - Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance, with swelled cheeks, of a florid red, produced by thick painting, and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastic in her dress, and affected both in her speech and her general behaviour.
40 페이지 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
44 페이지 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.