The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1권Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thought it worth his while to express with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious rever- ence , I have found very old and venerable authority , quoted by our great modern prelate , Secker , in whose tenth ...
... thought it worth his while to express with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious rever- ence , I have found very old and venerable authority , quoted by our great modern prelate , Secker , in whose tenth ...
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... thought to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable profits . This , I believe , my parents never did . " MALONE . m Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson , by Hester Lynch Piozzi 12 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
... thought to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable profits . This , I believe , my parents never did . " MALONE . m Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson , by Hester Lynch Piozzi 12 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
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... thought my diseases derived from her family . In ten weeks I was taken home , a poor diseased infant , nearly blind . Dr. Swinfen used to say , he never knew any child reared with so much difficulty . " See " An Account of the Life of ...
... thought my diseases derived from her family . In ten weeks I was taken home , a poor diseased infant , nearly blind . Dr. Swinfen used to say , he never knew any child reared with so much difficulty . " See " An Account of the Life of ...
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... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
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... thought ; by which man- kind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live p'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through Brit . Mus . 4320. Ayscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . the several stages of his life . Had ...
... thought ; by which man- kind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live p'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through Brit . Mus . 4320. Ayscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . the several stages of his life . Had ...
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173 페이지 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, 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.
172 페이지 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed 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. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...
172 페이지 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...
202 페이지 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
173 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,
281 페이지 - Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, "That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
121 페이지 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
332 페이지 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
241 페이지 - ... to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the...
205 페이지 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.