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... as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occur- rences . Thus Sallust , the greast master of nature THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON ,
... as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occur- rences . Thus Sallust , the greast master of nature THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON ,
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James Boswell. rences . Thus Sallust , the greast master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving commotion . Thus the story of ...
James Boswell. rences . Thus Sallust , the greast master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving commotion . Thus the story of ...
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... master duck , " Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; “ If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , " For then we'd had an odd one . " There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it , what no child of three years ...
... master duck , " Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; “ If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , " For then we'd had an odd one . " There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it , what no child of three years ...
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... master of Lichfield school , “ a man ( said he ) very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head - master , who , according to his account , " was very ...
... master of Lichfield school , “ a man ( said he ) very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head - master , who , according to his account , " was very ...
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... master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , 1 should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , " And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson ...
... master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , 1 should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , " And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson ...
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Page 115 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 115 - ... had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 418 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 183 - 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.
Page 84 - And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat.
Page 183 - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost,
Page 398 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Page 27 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Page 204 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
Page 115 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.