The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 3권1816 |
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... seemed to think otherwise . 66 Davies said of a well known dramatick authour , that he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Hannibal did , by vinegar ; having begun by attacking people , particularly the players ...
... seemed to think otherwise . 66 Davies said of a well known dramatick authour , that he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Hannibal did , by vinegar ; having begun by attacking people , particularly the players ...
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... seemed to pay no attention what- ever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary , Redcliff , and view with our own eyes the ancient chest in which ...
... seemed to pay no attention what- ever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary , Redcliff , and view with our own eyes the ancient chest in which ...
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... seemed to acquiesce . " I read ( said he , ) Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There is a great deal of matter in them . " " Mrs. Williams was angry that Thrale's family did not send regularly to her every time ...
... seemed to acquiesce . " I read ( said he , ) Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There is a great deal of matter in them . " " Mrs. Williams was angry that Thrale's family did not send regularly to her every time ...
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... seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet recon- ciled to me , yet let her know that I love ...
... seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet recon- ciled to me , yet let her know that I love ...
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... present concord with your father gives me great pleasure ; it was all that you seemed to want . " My health is very bad , and my nights are very unquiet . What can I do to mend them ? 114 THE LIFE OF "And obliged humble servant, ...
... present concord with your father gives me great pleasure ; it was all that you seemed to want . " My health is very bad , and my nights are very unquiet . What can I do to mend them ? 114 THE LIFE OF "And obliged humble servant, ...
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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.