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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... letter in favour of his friends . The truth , however , is , that he was remark- able , in an extraordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his ...
... letter in favour of his friends . The truth , however , is , that he was remark- able , in an extraordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his ...
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... letters written by himself , which shew with what com- posure his steady piety enabled him to behave . To the ... letter to the Reverend Dr. Taylor , insert— " TO MR . EDMUND ALLEN . " DEAR SIR , —It has pleased GOD , this morning ...
... letters written by himself , which shew with what com- posure his steady piety enabled him to behave . To the ... letter to the Reverend Dr. Taylor , insert— " TO MR . EDMUND ALLEN . " DEAR SIR , —It has pleased GOD , this morning ...
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... letter once that somebody had written to him , no matter what it was about ; but he wanted to have the letter back , and expressed a mighty value for it , he hoped it was to be met with again , he would not lose it for a thousand pounds ...
... letter once that somebody had written to him , no matter what it was about ; but he wanted to have the letter back , and expressed a mighty value for it , he hoped it was to be met with again , he would not lose it for a thousand pounds ...
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... letter to the editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , March , 1795 , the purport of which Mr. Croker strangely misapprehends , declaring that the evidence produced by Dr. Parr established the very contrary of what he had asserted . The ...
... letter to the editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , March , 1795 , the purport of which Mr. Croker strangely misapprehends , declaring that the evidence produced by Dr. Parr established the very contrary of what he had asserted . The ...
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... letters from him to Mr. Cruikshank , and also to Dr. Mudge at Plymouth , which it would be improper to insert , as ... letter to the same gentleman he writes , " The gout has within these four days come upon me with a violence which I ...
... letters from him to Mr. Cruikshank , and also to Dr. Mudge at Plymouth , which it would be improper to insert , as ... letter to the same gentleman he writes , " The gout has within these four days come upon me with a violence which I ...
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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.
Page 284 - ... whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Page 109 - If I interpret your letter right, you are ignominiously married ; if it is yet undone, let us once more talk together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief ! If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought you the first of womankind, entreat that, before your fate is irrevocable, I may once more...
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.