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... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver X DEDICATION .
... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver X DEDICATION .
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... Humble Petition and Advice of the Rump Parliament to Cromwell in 1657 , to assume the Title of King ; abridged , methodized and digested . intern . evid . Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons . intern . evid ...
... Humble Petition and Advice of the Rump Parliament to Cromwell in 1657 , to assume the Title of King ; abridged , methodized and digested . intern . evid . Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons . intern . evid ...
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... humble at- tendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early predominance of intellectual ...
... humble at- tendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early predominance of intellectual ...
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... humble cots . This scarce I lead , who left on yonder rock Two tender kids , the hopes of all the flock . Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder ...
... humble cots . This scarce I lead , who left on yonder rock Two tender kids , the hopes of all the flock . Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder ...
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... humble servant . " " An- Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter . swered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in consequence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female ...
... humble servant . " " An- Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter . swered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in consequence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female ...
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Page 177 - 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 xxxvi - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Page 206 - World' that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 206 - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, 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. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Page 152 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 157 - 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.
Page 44 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Page 300 - This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.
Page 63 - Yet I am of opinion, that the greatest abilities are not only not required for this office, but render a man less fit for it.
Page xii - I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London, in order to fix a date correctly ; which, when I had accomplished, I well knew would obtain me no praise, though a failure would have been to my discredit.