The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, 2권W. Andrews and L. Blake, and Cushing and Appleton, Salem, 1807 |
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... hear of her . " I am , dear Sir , & c . " March 15 , 1772 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . NEAR SPILSBY , LIN- 66 DEAR SIR , COLNSHIRE . " I CONGRATULATE you and Lady Rothes on your little man , and hope you will all be ...
... hear of her . " I am , dear Sir , & c . " March 15 , 1772 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . NEAR SPILSBY , LIN- 66 DEAR SIR , COLNSHIRE . " I CONGRATULATE you and Lady Rothes on your little man , and hope you will all be ...
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... hear . " So he read them to himself . After he had read for some time , we were interrupt- ed by the entrance of Mr. Kristrom , a Swede , who was tutor to some young gentlemen in the city . He told me , that there was a very good ...
... hear . " So he read them to himself . After he had read for some time , we were interrupt- ed by the entrance of Mr. Kristrom , a Swede , who was tutor to some young gentlemen in the city . He told me , that there was a very good ...
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... I did not like out of the county at an election . " I asked him , how far he thought wealth should be employed in hospitality . JOHNSON . " You are to con- sider that ancient hospitality , of which we hear so 22 THE LIFE OF.
... I did not like out of the county at an election . " I asked him , how far he thought wealth should be employed in hospitality . JOHNSON . " You are to con- sider that ancient hospitality , of which we hear so 22 THE LIFE OF.
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... hear so 1772 . much , was in an uncommercial country , when men be- Etat . ing idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's ta- 63 . bles . But in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore ...
... hear so 1772 . much , was in an uncommercial country , when men be- Etat . ing idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's ta- 63 . bles . But in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore ...
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... hear a sermon , than to fix their minds on prayer . On Monday , April 6 , I dined with him at Sir Alex- ander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the 4 It must not be presumed that Dr. Johnson meant to give any countenance to ...
... hear a sermon , than to fix their minds on prayer . On Monday , April 6 , I dined with him at Sir Alex- ander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the 4 It must not be presumed that Dr. Johnson meant to give any countenance to ...
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66 DEAR SIR 66 TO JAMES acquaintance admiration affectionate afraid afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour believe BENNET LANGTON booksellers BOSWELL TO DR character church compliments consider conversation Court of Session dined Doctor of Medicine Dodd doubt Edinburgh edition eminent England English Erse Etat favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON judge lady Langton language learned letter Lichfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets publick reason recollect remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Whig wish wonderful write written wrote
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426 페이지 - Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
166 페이지 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
444 페이지 - He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
369 페이지 - tis too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
442 페이지 - ... dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution, so that I was inclined to rush into the thickest part of the battle. ' Sir, (said he,) I should never hear it, if it made me such a fool.
316 페이지 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth, is that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.
422 페이지 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
73 페이지 - the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads and, envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," continued ht;, " consists in making them talk like little fishes.
23 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.
437 페이지 - I asked whether Prior's poems were to be printed entire ; Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of Prior, in his preface to a collection of " Sacred Poems," by various hands, published by him at Edinburgh a great many years ago, where he mentions " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author.