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... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common reinark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a wo- man of fortune will be proportionably expensive ; whereas ...
... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common reinark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a wo- man of fortune will be proportionably expensive ; whereas ...
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... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and disadvantages of which Johnson dis- played in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one ...
... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and disadvantages of which Johnson dis- played in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one ...
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... talked of the Roman Catholick religion . JOHNSON . " In the barbarous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but afterwards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indul- gences to priests to ...
... talked of the Roman Catholick religion . JOHNSON . " In the barbarous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but afterwards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indul- gences to priests to ...
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... talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended Italian tour , on which , I flattered myself , he and Mr. Thrale and Dr. John- son were soon to set out ; and , therefore , I pressed it as ...
... talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended Italian tour , on which , I flattered myself , he and Mr. Thrale and Dr. John- son were soon to set out ; and , therefore , I pressed it as ...
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... talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson re- peated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which , I think by much too severe : " Nor that ...
... talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson re- peated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which , I think by much too severe : " Nor that ...
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Seite 220 - How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes T' and in his conversation with Mr.
Seite 196 - 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 318 - ... to certainty, freedom ceases, because that cannot be certainly foreknown which is not certain at the time; but if it be certain at the time, it is a contradiction in terms to maintain that there can be afterwards any contingency dependent upon the exercise of will or any thing else." JOHNSON. " All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Seite 398 - ... perpetual jarring of those whom he charitably accommodated under his roof. He has sometimes suffered me to talk jocularly of his group of females, and call them his Seraglio. He thus mentions them, together with honest Levett, in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale : " Williams hates every body ; Levett hates Desmoulins, and does not love Williams ; Desmoulins hates them both ; Poll loves none of them.
Seite 377 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Seite 35 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Seite 67 - Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have, is agreeable to you." JOHNSON. "What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?
Seite 66 - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
Seite 332 - I am a straggler. I may leave this town and go to Grand Cairo, without being missed here or observed there." EDWARDS. "Don't you eat supper, Sir?
Seite 32 - Reviewers (said he) are not Deists ; but they are Christians with as little Christianity as may be ; and are for pulling down all establishments. The Critical Reviewers are for supporting the constitution, both in church and state. 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.