Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 pages |
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... observed the great men of both parties in hours of careless relaxation , had seen the leaders of opposition without the mask of patriotism , and had heard the prime minister roar with laughter and tell stories not over decent . During ...
... observed the great men of both parties in hours of careless relaxation , had seen the leaders of opposition without the mask of patriotism , and had heard the prime minister roar with laughter and tell stories not over decent . During ...
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... observations on morals and manners , to the constant precision and frequent 30 brilliancy of his language , to the weighty and magnificent elo- quence of many serious passages , and to the solemn yet pleas- ing humour of some of the ...
... observations on morals and manners , to the constant precision and frequent 30 brilliancy of his language , to the weighty and magnificent elo- quence of many serious passages , and to the solemn yet pleas- ing humour of some of the ...
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... observed human life and human nature . The best specimen is the note on the character of Polonius . Nothing so good is to be found even in Wilhelm Meister's admirable examination of Hamlet . But here praise must end . 10 It would be ...
... observed human life and human nature . The best specimen is the note on the character of Polonius . Nothing so good is to be found even in Wilhelm Meister's admirable examination of Hamlet . But here praise must end . 10 It would be ...
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... observation and from literary history , 20 in which he was deeply read , that the place of books in the public estimation is fixed , not by what is written about them , but by what is written in them ; and that an author whose works are ...
... observation and from literary history , 20 in which he was deeply read , that the place of books in the public estimation is fixed , not by what is written about them , but by what is written in them ; and that an author whose works are ...
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... observations we do not remember one which is above the intellectual capacity of a boy of fifteen . He has printed ... observation and a retentive memory . These qualities , if he had been a man of sense and virtue , would scarcely of ...
... observations we do not remember one which is above the intellectual capacity of a boy of fifteen . He has printed ... observation and a retentive memory . These qualities , if he had been a man of sense and virtue , would scarcely of ...
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Page 85 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, 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.
Page 84 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page 84 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 45 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Page 50 - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, .the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...
Page 65 - Sir, that is all visionary. I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Sir, the danger of the abuse of power is nothing to a private man. What Frenchman is prevented passing his life as he pleases? ' SIR ADAM : ' But, sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.
Page 83 - An author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue;' and Numbers 44 and 100, by Mrs.
Page 8 - Hervey," said the old philosopher many years later, " was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him.
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Page 73 - All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks.