The British Prose Writers, 16권J. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... hear him construe . About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a fellowship , and I went to London to get my living : now , sir , see the difference of our literary characters ! " As they were leaving the ...
... hear him construe . About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a fellowship , and I went to London to get my living : now , sir , see the difference of our literary characters ! " As they were leaving the ...
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... hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place . " It was suggested that kings must be unhappy , because they are deprived of the greatest of all satis- factions , easy and unreserved society ...
... hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place . " It was suggested that kings must be unhappy , because they are deprived of the greatest of all satis- factions , easy and unreserved society ...
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... hear so much , was in an uncommercial country , when men being idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's tables : but in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore hospitality is not so much ...
... hear so much , was in an uncommercial country , when men being idle , were glad to be entertained at rich men's tables : but in a commercial country , a busy country , time becomes precious , and therefore hospitality is not so much ...
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... hear what they can tell of their religion . " He maintained that a boy at school was the hap- piest of human beings . Boswell supported a differ- ent opinion that a man is happier ; and enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are ...
... hear what they can tell of their religion . " He maintained that a boy at school was the hap- piest of human beings . Boswell supported a differ- ent opinion that a man is happier ; and enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are ...
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... hear it said , very gravely , ' Why was not the half guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ! Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
... hear it said , very gravely , ' Why was not the half guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ! Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
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afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation David Garrick dine doubt drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour human humour instance Jacobite John judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion Pembroke college pleased poem poor principles racter religion remark says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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89 페이지 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
23 페이지 - ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.
110 페이지 - ... thinking how different a place London is to different people. They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the consideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it merely as the seat of government in its different departments ; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle ; a mercantile man, as a place where a prodigious deal of business is done upon 'Change ; a...
138 페이지 - He used frequently to observe that men might be very eminent in a profession, without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.
7 페이지 - I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
132 페이지 - Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
35 페이지 - Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet ,with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling-, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...
153 페이지 - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant, ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine, which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner* of the cellars.' I would have a man great in great things, and elegant in little things.
162 페이지 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
60 페이지 - Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals.