The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 4권J. Murray, 1831 |
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... letter has come from me . What you wrote at your return had in it such a strain of cowardly caution as gave me no plea- sure . I could not well do what you wished ; I had no need to vex you with a refusal . I have seen Mr. and as to him ...
... letter has come from me . What you wrote at your return had in it such a strain of cowardly caution as gave me no plea- sure . I could not well do what you wished ; I had no need to vex you with a refusal . I have seen Mr. and as to him ...
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... letter , has a very shameful appearance of inattention . But the truth is , that there was no particular time in ... letters made it un- necessary to write to you for information ; I was likewise for some time out of humour , to find ...
... letter , has a very shameful appearance of inattention . But the truth is , that there was no particular time in ... letters made it un- necessary to write to you for information ; I was likewise for some time out of humour , to find ...
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... letter , while it gives admirable advice how to travel to the best advantage , and will therefore be of very general use , is another eminent proof of John- son's warm and affectionate heart 1 . [ " DR . JOHNSON TO MRS . LUCY PORTER ...
... letter , while it gives admirable advice how to travel to the best advantage , and will therefore be of very general use , is another eminent proof of John- son's warm and affectionate heart 1 . [ " DR . JOHNSON TO MRS . LUCY PORTER ...
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... letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble dog of Mr. Jennings , valued at a thousand guineas , said ... letter C. If these conjectures be just , it would follow that P. , the Pre- sident , was Mr. Gibbon . Why Mr ...
... letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble dog of Mr. Jennings , valued at a thousand guineas , said ... letter C. If these conjectures be just , it would follow that P. , the Pre- sident , was Mr. Gibbon . Why Mr ...
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... letter to you upon the subject of the unlucky contest of that day , and you will be kind enough to put in writing , as an answer to that letter , what you have now said , and as Lord Percy is to dine with us at General Paoli's soon , I ...
... letter to you upon the subject of the unlucky contest of that day , and you will be kind enough to put in writing , as an answer to that letter , what you have now said , and as Lord Percy is to dine with us at General Paoli's soon , I ...
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465 페이지 - ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
15 페이지 - No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford." To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the dulcedo of the natale solum.
398 페이지 - My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
464 페이지 - It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear...
110 페이지 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
238 페이지 - I reminded him how heartily he and I used to drink wine together, when we were first acquainted ; and how I used to have a headache after sitting up with him. He did not like to have this recalled, or, perhaps, thinking that I boasted improperly, resolved to have a witty stroke at ine ; " Nay, sir, it was not the wine that made your head ache, but the sense that I put into it.
180 페이지 - We talked of antiquarian researches. JOHNSON. " All that is really known of the ancient state of Britain is contained in a few pages. We can know no more than what the old writers have told us...
1 페이지 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
426 페이지 - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery. What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or what more than to hold your tongue about it?
465 페이지 - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.