The life of Samuel Johnson, 1권Penguin Books, Limited, 1820 |
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... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
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... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
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... heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , in his presence , the kind and effectual support which he gave to his " Loudon , " though unacquainted with its author . POPE , who then filled the poetical throne without a rival , it may rea ...
... heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , in his presence , the kind and effectual support which he gave to his " Loudon , " though unacquainted with its author . POPE , who then filled the poetical throne without a rival , it may rea ...
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... heard of it . He requested me to go directly and get it for him , which I did . He looked at it and laughed and seemed to be much diverted with the feeble efforts of his unknown adversary , who , I hope , is alive to read this account ...
... heard of it . He requested me to go directly and get it for him , which I did . He looked at it and laughed and seemed to be much diverted with the feeble efforts of his unknown adversary , who , I hope , is alive to read this account ...
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... heard Mr. Garrick declare , that it was written by Dr. Johnson , and give the following account of the manner in which it was composed . Johnson and he were sitting together ; when , amongst other things , Garrick repeated an Epitaph ...
... heard Mr. Garrick declare , that it was written by Dr. Johnson , and give the following account of the manner in which it was composed . Johnson and he were sitting together ; when , amongst other things , Garrick repeated an Epitaph ...
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115 페이지 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
115 페이지 - ... had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
418 페이지 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
183 페이지 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
84 페이지 - And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat.
183 페이지 - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost,
398 페이지 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
27 페이지 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
204 페이지 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
115 페이지 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.