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... Scotland August 15. Sir William Forbes . Practice of the law . Emi- gration , Dr. Beattie and Mr. Hume . Dr. Robert- son . Mr. Burke's various and extraordinary talents . Question concerning genius . Whitfield and Wesley . Instructions ...
... Scotland August 15. Sir William Forbes . Practice of the law . Emi- gration , Dr. Beattie and Mr. Hume . Dr. Robert- son . Mr. Burke's various and extraordinary talents . Question concerning genius . Whitfield and Wesley . Instructions ...
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... Scotland . Mystery of the Trinity . Satisfaction of Christ . Im- portance of old friendships . ... 72 ... 61 78 August 23. Dr. Johnson made a burgess of Aberdeen . Dinner at Sir Alexander Gordon's . Warburton's powers of invective . His ...
... Scotland . Mystery of the Trinity . Satisfaction of Christ . Im- portance of old friendships . ... 72 ... 61 78 August 23. Dr. Johnson made a burgess of Aberdeen . Dinner at Sir Alexander Gordon's . Warburton's powers of invective . His ...
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... Scotland composed of stone and water , and a little earth . Turkish Spy . Dreary ride to Lochbuy . Descrip- tion of the laird . .. : 351 October 22. Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. John- son , and rejected . Lochbuy's war - saddle ...
... Scotland composed of stone and water , and a little earth . Turkish Spy . Dreary ride to Lochbuy . Descrip- tion of the laird . .. : 351 October 22. Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. John- son , and rejected . Lochbuy's war - saddle ...
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... Scotland . Arrive at Sir James Colquhouns's ..... 369 375 378 October 27. Dr. Johnson's letter to the Duke of Argyle . His grace's answer . Locklomond . Dr. Johnson's sentiments on dress . Forms of prayer considered . Ar- rive at Mr ...
... Scotland . Arrive at Sir James Colquhouns's ..... 369 375 378 October 27. Dr. Johnson's letter to the Duke of Argyle . His grace's answer . Locklomond . Dr. Johnson's sentiments on dress . Forms of prayer considered . Ar- rive at Mr ...
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... Scotland that year with so much firmness , that I hoped he was at last in ear- nest . I knew that , if he were once launched from the metropolis he would go forward very well ; and I got our common friends there to assist in setting him ...
... Scotland that year with so much firmness , that I hoped he was at last in ear- nest . I knew that , if he were once launched from the metropolis he would go forward very well ; and I got our common friends there to assist in setting him ...
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afterwards ancient appeared asked Auchinleck believe better boat Boswell breakfast called castle church conversation Court of Session DEAR SIR dined dinner Duke Duke of Argyle Dunvegan Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gave gentleman give heard Hebrides Highland honour horse humour Icolmkill Inchkenneth Inverary island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson Journal journey Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird learned lived Lochbuy London looked Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod main land Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night obliged observed opinion passed pleased Portree pretty Principal Robertson publick Rasay recollect sail Samuel Johnson Scotland second sight servant shew shewn shore Sir Allan spirit suppose sure Talisker talked tell thing thought tion Tobermorie told took Tour walked Whig wish write young
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Page 103 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 357 - 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 ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms...
Page 18 - 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 26 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Page 200 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation ;" — he had pronounced a message of inestimable importance, and well worthy of that splendid apparatus of prophecy and miracles with which his mission was introduced, and attested ; a message in which the wisest of mankind would rejoice to find an answer to their doubts, and...
Page 87 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the...
Page 105 - Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at her work the village maiden sings ; Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around Revolves the sad vicissitude of things.
Page 403 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects , and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England' !' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 129 - No, sir. It would be called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it, he sees it is not so. It is indeed pointed at the top; but one side of it is larger than the other.
Page 244 - M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. " Well, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found names, and stories, and phrases, nay passages in old songs, and with them has blended his own compositions, and so made what he gives to the world as the translation of an ancient poem...