The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Tom 5J. Murray, 1835 |
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... respect to Queen Caro- line , who patronised him , Clarke treated him too well . " During the time that Dr. Johnson was thus going on , the old minister was standing with his back to the fire , cresting up erect , pulling down the front ...
... respect to Queen Caro- line , who patronised him , Clarke treated him too well . " During the time that Dr. Johnson was thus going on , the old minister was standing with his back to the fire , cresting up erect , pulling down the front ...
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... respecting it . After dinner came Mr. M'Lean , of Corneck , bro- ther to Isle - of - Muck , who is a cadet of the family of Col. He possesses the two ends of Col , which belong to the Duke of Argyll . Corneck had lately taken a lease of ...
... respecting it . After dinner came Mr. M'Lean , of Corneck , bro- ther to Isle - of - Muck , who is a cadet of the family of Col. He possesses the two ends of Col , which belong to the Duke of Argyll . Corneck had lately taken a lease of ...
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... respect , hopeing also that you ( 1 ) The third Earl and first Marquis , born in 1612 , hanged and beheaded at Edinburgh , the 21st of May , 1650.-C. will still continue ane goode instrument for the ad- vanceing 26 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... respect , hopeing also that you ( 1 ) The third Earl and first Marquis , born in 1612 , hanged and beheaded at Edinburgh , the 21st of May , 1650.-C. will still continue ane goode instrument for the ad- vanceing 26 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... respect , as to show that this was not his settled opinion of him . Let me add that , in the preface to the Preceptor , he recommends Spence's Essay on Pope's Odyssey , and that his admirable Lives of the English Poets are much enriched ...
... respect , as to show that this was not his settled opinion of him . Let me add that , in the preface to the Preceptor , he recommends Spence's Essay on Pope's Odyssey , and that his admirable Lives of the English Poets are much enriched ...
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... respect to a knight of Kerry , or knight of Glynn ; yet Sir Allan M'Lean was a regular baronet by patent ; " and ... respects he thought the com- pulsory tenants of Gloucester had greatly the advantage . Such was his opinion of a place ...
... respect to a knight of Kerry , or knight of Glynn ; yet Sir Allan M'Lean was a regular baronet by patent ; " and ... respects he thought the com- pulsory tenants of Gloucester had greatly the advantage . Such was his opinion of a place ...
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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.