The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 40
Page 66
... Less just and more bene- ficent . " JOHNSON . " And , really , it is wonderful , considering how much attention is necessary for men to take care of themselves , and ward off immediate evils which press upon them , it is wonderful how ...
... Less just and more bene- ficent . " JOHNSON . " And , really , it is wonderful , considering how much attention is necessary for men to take care of themselves , and ward off immediate evils which press upon them , it is wonderful how ...
Page 188
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
Page 310
... less grievous , for there is less hope of help . I pretend not to give you advice , not knowing the state of your affairs ; and general counsels about prudence and frugality would do you little good . You are , however , in the right ...
... less grievous , for there is less hope of help . I pretend not to give you advice , not knowing the state of your affairs ; and general counsels about prudence and frugality would do you little good . You are , however , in the right ...
Contents
17771778 | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 49 |
Literature Old Age Unius Lacertæ Potters | 82 |
7 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance admirable afterwards antè appears April Ashbourne asked Beauclerk believe Bishop Bolt Court Burke character conversation DEAR MADAM dear Sir dined dinner doubt drink Edwards entertained expressed favour Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give happy hear heard honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind Knowles lady Langton late LETTER liberty Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Lucan lordship LUCY PORTER mentioned mind never night obliged observed occasion once Pembroke College Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise published recollect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seems sent Sir Joshua Reynolds Strahan Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing Thomas à Kempis thought Thrale tion told Topham Beauclerk travels truth verses Whig wine wish word write written wrote