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... heard him following her . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; But there has been another story of his infant precocity generally circulated , and generally believed , the truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told ...
... heard him following her . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; But there has been another story of his infant precocity generally circulated , and generally believed , the truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attri- bute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. - AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
... heard him attri- bute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. - AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
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... . in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that , it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowl- edge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in.
... . in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that , it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowl- edge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in.
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... and fellows has been often mentioned . But I have heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young ,
... and fellows has been often mentioned . But I have heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young ,
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Էջ 127 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Էջ 16 - When at Oxford I took up Law's 'Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry.
Էջ 253 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Էջ 553 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Էջ 230 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Էջ 64 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. 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; 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...
Էջ 95 - I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted. And, in truth, had not my ardour been uncommonly strong, and my resolution uncommonly persevering, so rough a reception might have deterred me for ever from making any further attempts. Fortunately, however, I remained upon the field not wholly discomfited ; and was soon rewarded by hearing some of his conversation, of which I preserved the following short minute,...
Էջ 119 - ... but then the dogs are not so good scholars. Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.
Էջ 548 - I was disobedient : I refused to attend my father to Uttoxeter market. 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 94 - 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.