The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 4
... nature , for whose influence metaphysical science vainly strives to account , but whose existence it may as vainly venture to deny : Comes minore sum futurus in metu , Qui major absentes habet . Ut assidens implumibus pullis avis ...
... nature , for whose influence metaphysical science vainly strives to account , but whose existence it may as vainly venture to deny : Comes minore sum futurus in metu , Qui major absentes habet . Ut assidens implumibus pullis avis ...
Page 11
... Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story alto- gether unfounded , but for the publication of which ...
... Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story alto- gether unfounded , but for the publication of which ...
Page 25
... natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not a very sturdy moralist . " " This explanation appears to me satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed , that the story told by Johnson ...
... natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not a very sturdy moralist . " " This explanation appears to me satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed , that the story told by Johnson ...
Page 39
... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a mythology being amongst them ; but it must be invention ...
... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a mythology being amongst them ; but it must be invention ...
Page 50
... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss . A father must instruct his children , though he himself may often want ...
... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss . A father must instruct his children , though he himself may often want ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Auchinleck Beauclerk believe bishop booksellers censure character Cibber consider conversation court of session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd drink Edinburgh edition English entertained favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope house of lords Hugh Blair humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kindness lady Langton late learned letter liberty Lichfield lived London lord lord Monboddo lordship Lucy Porter madam mentioned mind neral never obliged observed once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem poetry poets Pope praise publick racter recollect reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland sermons sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth whig Wilkes wine wish word write written wrote