The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 3권1816 |
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... Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . " [ Johnson's opinions concerning the Monthly and Critical Reviews would not be accurate now [ 1803. ] BLAKEWAY . ] It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . 32 THE LIFE OF.
... Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . " [ Johnson's opinions concerning the Monthly and Critical Reviews would not be accurate now [ 1803. ] BLAKEWAY . ] It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . 32 THE LIFE OF.
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... concerning Desdemona in his sleep ; and that depended entirely upon the assertion of one man . No , Sir , I think Othello has more moral than almost any play . " Talking of a penurious gentleman of our acquaint- ance , Johnson said ...
... concerning Desdemona in his sleep ; and that depended entirely upon the assertion of one man . No , Sir , I think Othello has more moral than almost any play . " Talking of a penurious gentleman of our acquaint- ance , Johnson said ...
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... concerning him , when he was sitting by , he broke out , " Sir , you have but two topicks , yourself and me . I am sick of both . " " A man , ( said he , ) should not talk of himself , nor much of any particular person . He should take ...
... concerning him , when he was sitting by , he broke out , " Sir , you have but two topicks , yourself and me . I am sick of both . " " A man , ( said he , ) should not talk of himself , nor much of any particular person . He should take ...
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... concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster - Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he enter ...
... concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster - Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he enter ...
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... concerning them ; and then he very candidly wrote again to Dr. Blair , enclosing Johnson's note , and agreeing to purchase the volume , for which he and Mr. Cadell gave one hundred pounds . The sale was so rapid and exten- sive , and ...
... concerning them ; and then he very candidly wrote again to Dr. Blair , enclosing Johnson's note , and agreeing to purchase the volume , for which he and Mr. Cadell gave one hundred pounds . The sale was so rapid and exten- sive , and ...
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220 페이지 - How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes T' and in his conversation with Mr.
196 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.
318 페이지 - ... to certainty, freedom ceases, because that cannot be certainly foreknown which is not certain at the time; but if it be certain at the time, it is a contradiction in terms to maintain that there can be afterwards any contingency dependent upon the exercise of will or any thing else." JOHNSON. " All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
398 페이지 - ... perpetual jarring of those whom he charitably accommodated under his roof. He has sometimes suffered me to talk jocularly of his group of females, and call them his Seraglio. He thus mentions them, together with honest Levett, in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale : " Williams hates every body ; Levett hates Desmoulins, and does not love Williams ; Desmoulins hates them both ; Poll loves none of them.
377 페이지 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
35 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 travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
67 페이지 - Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have, is agreeable to you." JOHNSON. "What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?
66 페이지 - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
332 페이지 - I am a straggler. I may leave this town and go to Grand Cairo, without being missed here or observed there." EDWARDS. "Don't you eat supper, Sir?
32 페이지 - Reviewers (said he) are not Deists ; but they are Christians with as little Christianity as may be ; and are for pulling down all establishments. The Critical Reviewers are for supporting the constitution, both in church and state. The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.