The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in three lines , when " Charity " had been given for a subject : " THE VASE SPEAKS . " For Heaven's sake bestow on me , A little wit , for that would be , Indeed , an act of ...
... seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in three lines , when " Charity " had been given for a subject : " THE VASE SPEAKS . " For Heaven's sake bestow on me , A little wit , for that would be , Indeed , an act of ...
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... seem ( he added , ) that Addison had not acquired much Italian learning , for we do not find it introduced into his writings . The only instance that I recollect , is his quoting ' Stavo bene . Per star meglio , sto qui . ' I mentioned ...
... seem ( he added , ) that Addison had not acquired much Italian learning , for we do not find it introduced into his writings . The only instance that I recollect , is his quoting ' Stavo bene . Per star meglio , sto qui . ' I mentioned ...
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... seem that at these large dinners he grew too convivial to carry out his duties . Dr. Campbell's diary supplies some cha- racteristic details : " Dined with Thrale , where Dr. Johnson was , and Boswell ( and Baretti as usual ) . The ...
... seem that at these large dinners he grew too convivial to carry out his duties . Dr. Campbell's diary supplies some cha- racteristic details : " Dined with Thrale , where Dr. Johnson was , and Boswell ( and Baretti as usual ) . The ...
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... seems odd that one should have such a desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of ...
... seems odd that one should have such a desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of ...
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... seems not possessed of any beneve . lence , is beyond all description awkward , and more beastly in his dress and person than anything I ever beheld . He feeds nastily and ferociously , and eats quanti- ties most unthankfully . As to ...
... seems not possessed of any beneve . lence , is beyond all description awkward , and more beastly in his dress and person than anything I ever beheld . He feeds nastily and ferociously , and eats quanti- ties most unthankfully . As to ...
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Seite 436 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Seite 211 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Seite 81 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
Seite 470 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Seite 81 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
Seite 444 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Seite 403 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Seite 444 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Seite 142 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Seite 219 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.