The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published ...T. Cadell, 1822 |
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... John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don't talk of it . " He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , " Your ...
... John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don't talk of it . " He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , " Your ...
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... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advan- tage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consi- deration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this ...
... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advan- tage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consi- deration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this ...
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... John Pringle , agreed very handsomely to have the leaf on which it was contained , can- celled , and re - printed without it , at his own expence . proof cannot be brought . A minister may be noto- Etat . 67. ] 13 DR . JOHNSON .
... John Pringle , agreed very handsomely to have the leaf on which it was contained , can- celled , and re - printed without it , at his own expence . proof cannot be brought . A minister may be noto- Etat . 67. ] 13 DR . JOHNSON .
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... John- son , I said , it was a pity that truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . " Then , Sir , it would not be shot at ...
... John- son , I said , it was a pity that truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . " Then , Sir , it would not be shot at ...
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... but at that time , I had objections to quitting England . " It was a very remarkable circumstance about John- son , whom shallow observers have supposed to have been ignorant of the world , that very few men 18 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... but at that time , I had objections to quitting England . " It was a very remarkable circumstance about John- son , whom shallow observers have supposed to have been ignorant of the world , that very few men 18 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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Seite 180 - 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.
Seite 304 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Seite 69 - You will allow his Apology to be well done." JOHNSON: "Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: "Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Seite 221 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Seite 412 - If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
Seite 39 - Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroine of all the romances, (he said,) but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night.
Seite 356 - Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Seite 347 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Seite 256 - His nature is too noble for the world : He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for his power to thunder. His heart's his mouth : What his breast forges, that his tongue must vent ; And, being angry, does forget that ever He heard the name of death.
Seite 30 - The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.