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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... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life ... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which s Dr. Goldsmith was dead before Mr. Maclaurin discovered the lu ...
... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life ... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which s Dr. Goldsmith was dead before Mr. Maclaurin discovered the lu ...
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... writing the pro- posals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dic- tionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to - day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with ...
... writing the pro- posals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dic- tionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to - day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with ...
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... written by Johnson himself . I said , I disliked the custom which some people had of bringing their children into company , because it in a manner forced us to pay foolish compliments to please their parents . JOHNSON . " You are right ...
... written by Johnson himself . I said , I disliked the custom which some people had of bringing their children into company , because it in a manner forced us to pay foolish compliments to please their parents . JOHNSON . " You are right ...
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... written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the English language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by ...
... written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the English language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by ...
Strona 31
... written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . " " But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly Steele speaks of Mr. Ince . " He would not allow that the ...
... written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . " " But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly Steele speaks of Mr. Ince . " He would not allow that the ...
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Strona 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.
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Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 412 - If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
Strona 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.
Strona 356 - Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Strona 347 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.