The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 2권1822 |
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... Scotland.2 Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by mark- 2 [ On the iron crown , see Mr. Steevens's note 7 , on Act iv . sc . i . of RICHARD III . It seems to be alluded to in MACBETH , Act i . sc . i . " Thy crown does sear . " & c ...
... Scotland.2 Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by mark- 2 [ On the iron crown , see Mr. Steevens's note 7 , on Act iv . sc . i . of RICHARD III . It seems to be alluded to in MACBETH , Act i . sc . i . " Thy crown does sear . " & c ...
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... Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my na- tive country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
... Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my na- tive country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
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... Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge had opposed the scheme of translat- ing the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
... Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge had opposed the scheme of translat- ing the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
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... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the circum- stances of time and place , such fragments of his conver- sation as I preserved ...
... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the circum- stances of time and place , such fragments of his conver- sation as I preserved ...
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... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides , but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said " Macaulay , who writes the account of St. Kilda , set out with a prejudice against ...
... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides , but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said " Macaulay , who writes the account of St. Kilda , set out with a prejudice against ...
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301 페이지 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
207 페이지 - Why, Dr. Johnson, this is not so easy as you seem to think; for if you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like WHALES.
424 페이지 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
314 페이지 - He made the common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience, when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease, and that they generally languish for want of their habitual occupation, and wish to return to it. He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined.
150 페이지 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
112 페이지 - the poor in England were better provided for than in any other country of the same extent: he did not mean little Cantons, or petty Republicks. Where a great proportion of the people...
205 페이지 - ... that the fear of something made him resolve ; it is upon the state of his mind, after the resolution is taken, that I argue. Suppose a man either from fear, or pride, or conscience, or whatever motive, has resolved to kill himself; when once the resolution is taken, he has nothing to fear. He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose, at the head of his army. He cannot fear the rack, who is resolved to kill himself. When Eustace...
1 페이지 - Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher.
211 페이지 - Yet there is no man whose company is more liked.' JOHNSON. 'To be sure, Sir. When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer, their inferiour while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.