The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Հատոր 2G. Routledge and Sons, 1885 |
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... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you may wonder . " He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When ...
... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you may wonder . " He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When ...
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... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know anything of us . How- ever , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know anything of us . How- ever , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
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... wonder , with most that hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had . He had no land , except the two or three ...
... wonder , with most that hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had . He had no land , except the two or three ...
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... wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of themselves . For my own part , without affecting to be a Socrates , I am sure I have a ...
... wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of themselves . For my own part , without affecting to be a Socrates , I am sure I have a ...
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... wonder at that , Sir ; it is your native place . " Scotland your native place . " JOHNSON . " Why so is His prejudice against Scotland appeared remarkably strong at this time.1 When I talked of our advancement in literature , " Sir ...
... wonder at that , Sir ; it is your native place . " Scotland your native place . " JOHNSON . " Why so is His prejudice against Scotland appeared remarkably strong at this time.1 When I talked of our advancement in literature , " Sir ...
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Էջ 245 - Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, sir; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another.
Էջ 188 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go And view the ocean leaning on the sky : From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know And on the lunar world securely pry.
Էջ 267 - I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely he was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet.
Էջ 157 - Dr. Goldsmith has a new comedy, which is expected in the spring. No name is yet given it. The chief diversion arises from a stratagem by which a lover is made to mistake his future father-in-law's house for an inn. This, you see, borders upon farce. The dialogue is quick and gay, and the incidents are so prepared as not to seem improbable.
Էջ 17 - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Էջ 341 - ... you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Էջ 92 - ... a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Gentlemen of education, (he observed,) were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially, was the true mark of national discrimination.
Էջ 128 - ... Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough. When I say that all governments are alike, I consider that in no government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
Էջ 138 - Mr. Mickle, the translator of " The Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.