The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... Lord Bute , though a very honourable man , - -a man who meant well , —a man who had his blood full of prerogative , was a theoretical statesman , -a book - minister , and thought this country could be governed by the influence of the ...
... Lord Bute , though a very honourable man , - -a man who meant well , —a man who had his blood full of prerogative , was a theoretical statesman , -a book - minister , and thought this country could be governed by the influence of the ...
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... Lord Bute advised , I mean , that such acts were done when he was minister , and we are to suppose that he advised them.— Lord Bute shewed an undue partiality to Scotchmen . He turned out Dr. Nichols , a very eminent man , from being ...
... Lord Bute advised , I mean , that such acts were done when he was minister , and we are to suppose that he advised them.— Lord Bute shewed an undue partiality to Scotchmen . He turned out Dr. Nichols , a very eminent man , from being ...
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... Lord Dreghorn , was dis- tinguished by him from the rude mass . " This ( said he , ) is the best . But I could caricature my own style much better myself . " He defended his remark upon the general insufficiency of education THE LIFE OF ...
... Lord Dreghorn , was dis- tinguished by him from the rude mass . " This ( said he , ) is the best . But I could caricature my own style much better myself . " He defended his remark upon the general insufficiency of education THE LIFE OF ...
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... Lord Clifford . Lord Lisburne and I have never met yet . I hope to see him when I return . " part of my stay in London , kept very imperfect 26 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... Lord Clifford . Lord Lisburne and I have never met yet . I hope to see him when I return . " part of my stay in London , kept very imperfect 26 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... Lords . On Monday , May 8 , we went together and visited the mansions of Bedlam . I had been informed that he had once been there before with Mr. Wedderburne , ( now Lord Loughborough , ) Mr. Murphy , and Mr. Foote ; and I had heard ...
... Lords . On Monday , May 8 , we went together and visited the mansions of Bedlam . I had been informed that he had once been there before with Mr. Wedderburne , ( now Lord Loughborough , ) Mr. Murphy , and Mr. Foote ; and I had heard ...
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Page 436 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 211 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Page 81 - 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.
Page 470 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 81 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
Page 444 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Page 403 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Page 444 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Page 142 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Page 219 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.