The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Tom 5J. Murray, 1835 |
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... learned book , of the last age , which had been found in the garret of Col's house , and which he said was a treasure here . When we descried him from above , he had a most eremitical appearance ; and on our return told us , he had been ...
... learned book , of the last age , which had been found in the garret of Col's house , and which he said was a treasure here . When we descried him from above , he had a most eremitical appearance ; and on our return told us , he had been ...
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... learned much by what is called the vox viva . He talks with a great many people . " Speaking of this gentleman , at Rasay , he told us , that he one day called on him , and they talked of " Tull's Husbandry . " Dr. Campbell said ...
... learned much by what is called the vox viva . He talks with a great many people . " Speaking of this gentleman , at Rasay , he told us , that he one day called on him , and they talked of " Tull's Husbandry . " Dr. Campbell said ...
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... learned that it derived its name from a hill above it , which , being of a yellowish hue , has the epithet of Buy . We had heard much of Lochbuy's being a great roaring braggadocio , a kind of Sir John Falstaff , both in size and ...
... learned that it derived its name from a hill above it , which , being of a yellowish hue , has the epithet of Buy . We had heard much of Lochbuy's being a great roaring braggadocio , a kind of Sir John Falstaff , both in size and ...
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... learned Fathers and great Divines of the Church of England and others since the Reformation . To which is added , an Appendix concerning the Descent of the Soul of Christ into Hell , while his Body lay in the Grave . Together with the ...
... learned Fathers and great Divines of the Church of England and others since the Reformation . To which is added , an Appendix concerning the Descent of the Soul of Christ into Hell , while his Body lay in the Grave . Together with the ...
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... learned Cuning- hame , the opponent of Bentley as a critic upon Horace . He wrote Latin with great elegance , and , what is very remarkable , read Homer and Ariosto through every year . I wrote to him to request he would come to us ...
... learned Cuning- hame , the opponent of Bentley as a critic upon Horace . He wrote Latin with great elegance , and , what is very remarkable , read Homer and Ariosto through every year . I wrote to him to request he would come to us ...
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Strona 86 - 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...
Strona 231 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Strona 86 - 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...
Strona 89 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Strona 287 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Strona 42 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.
Strona 137 - 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.
Strona 233 - I'll have a double quantity; for I am told Foote means to take me off, as he calls it, and I am determined the fellow shall not do it with impunity.
Strona 257 - When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.
Strona 19 - There is no arguing with Johnson; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.