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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... truth , Boswell records a good deal of what occurred in the club room . I believe the true cause to have been his fear of Burke , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his ...
... truth , Boswell records a good deal of what occurred in the club room . I believe the true cause to have been his fear of Burke , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his ...
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... truth , which a man gets thus , are at such a distance from each other , that he never attains to a full view . " On Tuesday , April 18 , he and I were engaged to go with Sir Joshua Reynolds to dine with Mr. Cambridge , at his beautiful ...
... truth , which a man gets thus , are at such a distance from each other , that he never attains to a full view . " On Tuesday , April 18 , he and I were engaged to go with Sir Joshua Reynolds to dine with Mr. Cambridge , at his beautiful ...
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... truth ; for where early habits have been mean and wretched , the joy and elevation resulting from better modes of life , must be damped by the gloomy consciousness of being under an almost inevitable doom to sink back into a situation ...
... truth ; for where early habits have been mean and wretched , the joy and elevation resulting from better modes of life , must be damped by the gloomy consciousness of being under an almost inevitable doom to sink back into a situation ...
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... truth . That in call- ing him Doctor , a false appellation was given him , he himself will not pretend , who at the same time that he complains of the title , would be offended if we supposed him to be not a Doctor . If the title of ...
... truth . That in call- ing him Doctor , a false appellation was given him , he himself will not pretend , who at the same time that he complains of the title , would be offended if we supposed him to be not a Doctor . If the title of ...
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... truth , Dr. Johnson has here allowed them more than they usually demand . Cor . et Ad . - Line 26 : On " name " put the following note : - " He said , when he was in Scotland , that he was Johnson of that ilk . ” 1 The house was burnt ...
... truth , Dr. Johnson has here allowed them more than they usually demand . Cor . et Ad . - Line 26 : On " name " put the following note : - " He said , when he was in Scotland , that he was Johnson of that ilk . ” 1 The house was burnt ...
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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.