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THAT I was anxious for the success of a Work which had employed much of my
time and labour , I do not wish to conceal : but whatever doubts I at any time
entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with
which ...
THAT I was anxious for the success of a Work which had employed much of my
time and labour , I do not wish to conceal : but whatever doubts I at any time
entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with
which ...
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... other slave ( except the " wit " ] has an end . The rower in time reaches the port ;
the lexicographer at last finds the conclusion of his alphabet . ' On April 15 , 1755
, he writes to his friend Hector : — ' I wish , come of wishes what will , that my ...
... other slave ( except the " wit " ] has an end . The rower in time reaches the port ;
the lexicographer at last finds the conclusion of his alphabet . ' On April 15 , 1755
, he writes to his friend Hector : — ' I wish , come of wishes what will , that my ...
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224 The VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES . ( A.D. 1749 . five guineas more , as is
proved by an authentick document in my possession ' . It will be observed , that
he reserves to himself the right of printing one edition of this satire , which was his
...
224 The VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES . ( A.D. 1749 . five guineas more , as is
proved by an authentick document in my possession ' . It will be observed , that
he reserves to himself the right of printing one edition of this satire , which was his
...
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I am willing that your merit should be distinguished ; but cannot wish that your
affections may be gained . I would have you happy wherever you are : yet I would
have you wish to return to England . If ever you visit us again , you will find the ...
I am willing that your merit should be distinguished ; but cannot wish that your
affections may be gained . I would have you happy wherever you are : yet I would
have you wish to return to England . If ever you visit us again , you will find the ...
Page 506
Children are always cruel . Savages are always cruel . Pity is acquired and
improved by the cultivation of reason . We may have uneasy sensations from
seeing a creature in distress , without pity ; for we have not pity unless we wish to
relieve ...
Children are always cruel . Savages are always cruel . Pity is acquired and
improved by the cultivation of reason . We may have uneasy sensations from
seeing a creature in distress , without pity ; for we have not pity unless we wish to
relieve ...
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Page 261 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Page 305 - 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. 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 365 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 481 - I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it and saw its merit; told the landlady I...
Page 304 - 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. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Page 304 - 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 303 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Page 451 - When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sinks under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant hatred of vice, than if he...
Page 524 - He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet...
Page 235 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
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| Title | Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1 Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1799 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Feb 2006 |
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