Doctor Johnson: His Religious Life and His DeathR. Bentley, 1850 - 405 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 45–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... asking Johnson whether it was true that he had said lately , " I am for the King against Fox : but I am for Fox against Pitt . " JOHNSON : - " Yes , Sir : the King is my master : but I do not know Pitt and Fox is my friend . " Johnson ...
... asking Johnson whether it was true that he had said lately , " I am for the King against Fox : but I am for Fox against Pitt . " JOHNSON : - " Yes , Sir : the King is my master : but I do not know Pitt and Fox is my friend . " Johnson ...
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... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Boswell was once suggesting , that probably more gentleness of manner might have added benefit to his conversations ; " No , Sir , " said Dr. Johnson , " I ...
... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Boswell was once suggesting , that probably more gentleness of manner might have added benefit to his conversations ; " No , Sir , " said Dr. Johnson , " I ...
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... asked , Where shall we stop ? It is well known that a sect has arisen which refused to participate in any kind of labour , because our Lord said , Labour not for the meat that perisheth ; and others might refuse to enter a court of law ...
... asked , Where shall we stop ? It is well known that a sect has arisen which refused to participate in any kind of labour , because our Lord said , Labour not for the meat that perisheth ; and others might refuse to enter a court of law ...
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... asked the reason of laying aside a watch which had the words Nu eρxeraι engraved on the dial - plate , he said , " It might do very well upon a clock which a man keeps in his closet ; but to have it upon his watch , which he carries ...
... asked the reason of laying aside a watch which had the words Nu eρxeraι engraved on the dial - plate , he said , " It might do very well upon a clock which a man keeps in his closet ; but to have it upon his watch , which he carries ...
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... asked by his friend Mr. Hooke , a Papist , whether he would not die like his father and mother , and whether a priest should not be called , he answered , " I do not think it essential , but it will be very right : and I thank you for ...
... asked by his friend Mr. Hooke , a Papist , whether he would not die like his father and mother , and whether a priest should not be called , he answered , " I do not think it essential , but it will be very right : and I thank you for ...
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Էջ 390 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Էջ 419 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Էջ 265 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Էջ 40 - For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Էջ 299 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand.
Էջ 23 - Rousseau, sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations.
Էջ 17 - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago, I desired to atone for this fault ; I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bare-headed in the rain, on the spot where my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.
Էջ 21 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Էջ 25 - Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others, no man can be good in the highest degree, who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good.
Էջ 275 - I can say and will say, that as a peer of parliament, — as speaker of this right honourable house, — as keeper of the great seal, — as guardian of his majesty's conscience, — as Lord High Chancellor of England, — nay, even in that character alone, in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...