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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... , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his name , and that of the place of meeting . The mention of the wolf had led Johnson to think 10 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his name , and that of the place of meeting . The mention of the wolf had led Johnson to think 10 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 66 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . " for here ( I observed , ) was a very middle - rate poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at ...
... occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 66 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . " for here ( I observed , ) was a very middle - rate poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at ...
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... occasion for people to go on errands for him ; but he should not have had Scotchmen ; and , certainly , he should not have suffered them to have access to him before the first people in England . " I told him , that the admission of one ...
... occasion for people to go on errands for him ; but he should not have had Scotchmen ; and , certainly , he should not have suffered them to have access to him before the first people in England . " I told him , that the admission of one ...
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... occasions , is truly edifying . No saint , however , in the course of his religious warfare , was more sensible of the unhappy failure of pious resolves , than Johnson . He said one day , talking to an acquaintance on the sub- ject ...
... occasions , is truly edifying . No saint , however , in the course of his religious warfare , was more sensible of the unhappy failure of pious resolves , than Johnson . He said one day , talking to an acquaintance on the sub- ject ...
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... occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough . may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said he , ) must be laid by reading . General principles must be ...
... occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough . may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said he , ) must be laid by reading . General principles must be ...
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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.