The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. A Reprint of the First Edition, to which are Added Mr. Boswell's Corrections and Aditions, Issued in 1792; the Variations of the Second Edition, with Some of the Author's Notes Prepared for the Third, Volume 3S. Sonnenschein & Company, Limited, 1900 |
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... John- son , being , with all the advantages of high birth , learning , travel , and elegant manners , an exemplary parish priest in every respect . After some compliments on both sides , the tour which Johnson " I am very sorry that I ...
... John- son , being , with all the advantages of high birth , learning , travel , and elegant manners , an exemplary parish priest in every respect . After some compliments on both sides , the tour which Johnson " I am very sorry that I ...
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... JOHN- SON . " Yes , sir , it is . A man will more easily write a sheet all his own than read an octavo volume to get extracts . " To one of John- son's wonderful fertility of mind , I believe writing was really easier than reading and ...
... JOHN- SON . " Yes , sir , it is . A man will more easily write a sheet all his own than read an octavo volume to get extracts . " To one of John- son's wonderful fertility of mind , I believe writing was really easier than reading and ...
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... John- son's regard for Mr. Davies , to whom I was indebted for my intro- duction to him . He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little evidence . One day , when he had treated him with too much asperity ...
... John- son's regard for Mr. Davies , to whom I was indebted for my intro- duction to him . He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little evidence . One day , when he had treated him with too much asperity ...
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... 19 : For " conspicuous " read " perspicuous . " Ibid . - Line 31 : For " says " read " said . " 1 This seems very like a trait of Sir John Hawkins . Whilst he was in Wiltshire , he attended some experiments 36 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... 19 : For " conspicuous " read " perspicuous . " Ibid . - Line 31 : For " says " read " said . " 1 This seems very like a trait of Sir John Hawkins . Whilst he was in Wiltshire , he attended some experiments 36 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... John Nichols , was present when Mr. Henderson , the actor , paid a visit to Dr. Johnson ; and was received in a very courteous manner . - See ' Gentleman's Magazine , ' June , 1791 . I found among Dr. Johnson's papers , the following ...
... John Nichols , was present when Mr. Henderson , the actor , paid a visit to Dr. Johnson ; and was received in a very courteous manner . - See ' Gentleman's Magazine , ' June , 1791 . I found among Dr. Johnson's papers , the following ...
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Page 422 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 213 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 174 - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
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Page 94 - That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote...
Page 85 - ... men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 177 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Page 337 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Page 40 - Mrs. Siddons promised she would do herself the honour of acting his favourite part for him ; but many circumstances happened to prevent the representation of King Henry the Eighth during the Doctor's life.