The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 2권1822 |
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... late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general pardon came out , obtain ...
... late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general pardon came out , obtain ...
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... late Minister of Killin , distinguished by his eminent Piety , Learning , and Taste . The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilizing and improving the Parish of ...
... late Minister of Killin , distinguished by his eminent Piety , Learning , and Taste . The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilizing and improving the Parish of ...
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... late Mr. Strahan , the printer , to Bishop Warburton ; and from a minute , the original of which is among the papers of the late Sir James Caldwell , and a copy of which was most obligingly obtain- ed for me from his son Sir John ...
... late Mr. Strahan , the printer , to Bishop Warburton ; and from a minute , the original of which is among the papers of the late Sir James Caldwell , and a copy of which was most obligingly obtain- ed for me from his son Sir John ...
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... late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , ( continued he ) there is all the difference in ...
... late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , ( continued he ) there is all the difference in ...
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... late Reverend Mr. Christian of Dock- ing — after ruminating a little , The cause , ( says he , ) is a natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a North - East Wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind ...
... late Reverend Mr. Christian of Dock- ing — after ruminating a little , The cause , ( says he , ) is a natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a North - East Wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind ...
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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.