The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Հատոր 21821 |
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... servant when he wanted to study , secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when he really was . " A servant's strict regard for truth ( said he ) must be weakened by such a practice . A ...
... servant when he wanted to study , secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when he really was . " A servant's strict regard for truth ( said he ) must be weakened by such a practice . A ...
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... servant or chare - woman to do the ruder offices of the house : but she was herself active and industrious . I have frequently seen her at work . Upon re- marking one day her facility in moving about the house , searching into drawers ...
... servant or chare - woman to do the ruder offices of the house : but she was herself active and industrious . I have frequently seen her at work . Upon re- marking one day her facility in moving about the house , searching into drawers ...
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " London , Dec. 8. 1763. " I am sorry to observe , that neither in my own minutes , nor in my letters to Johnson which have been preserved by him , can I find any information how the poor are maintained in ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " London , Dec. 8. 1763. " I am sorry to observe , that neither in my own minutes , nor in my letters to Johnson which have been preserved by him , can I find any information how the poor are maintained in ...
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... servant , " At the Rev. Mr. Percy's , at Easton Maudit , Northamptonshire , ( by Castle Ashby ) , Aug. 19 , 1764. ” " SAM . JOHNSON . " Early in the year 1765 he paid a short visit to the University of Cambridge , with his friend Mr ...
... servant , " At the Rev. Mr. Percy's , at Easton Maudit , Northamptonshire , ( by Castle Ashby ) , Aug. 19 , 1764. ” " SAM . JOHNSON . " Early in the year 1765 he paid a short visit to the University of Cambridge , with his friend Mr ...
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... servant , ، Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , London , Oct. 17 , 1765. " " SAM . JOHNSON . " I have not been able to recover the letter which Johnson wrote to Dr. Andrews on this cccasion . M. ] He appears this year to have been ...
... servant , ، Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , London , Oct. 17 , 1765. " " SAM . JOHNSON . " I have not been able to recover the letter which Johnson wrote to Dr. Andrews on this cccasion . M. ] He appears this year to have been ...
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Էջ 3 - 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.
Էջ 37 - I cannot now curse (smiling) the house of Hanover ; nor would it be decent for me to drink king James's health in the wine that king George gives me money to pay for. But, sir, I think that the pleasure of cursing the house of Hanover, and drinking king James's health, are amply overbalanced by three hundred pounds a year.
Էջ 334 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Էջ 104 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Էջ 250 - Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should be pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker in the House of Lords, the other, the best speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely.
Էջ 138 - 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 269 - Edgeware road, and had carried down his books in two returned post-chaises. He said, he believed the farmer's family thought him an odd character, similar to that in which the Spectator appeared to his landlady and her children : he was The Gentleman. Mr.
Էջ 301 - I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
Էջ 74 - 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.
Էջ 84 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression.