The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: 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: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1863 |
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... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . 66 My knowledge of physic , " he ...
... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . 66 My knowledge of physic , " he ...
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... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
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... hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29 , he and I made an excursion to Bristol , where I was entertained with seeing him inquire upon the spot into the authenticity of " Rowley's poetry , " as I had seen him ...
... hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29 , he and I made an excursion to Bristol , where I was entertained with seeing him inquire upon the spot into the authenticity of " Rowley's poetry , " as I had seen him ...
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... hear it said very gravely , ' Why was not the half - guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal . ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support ...
... hear it said very gravely , ' Why was not the half - guinea , thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal . ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support ...
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... hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the Duke of Marlborough . He came into a coffee - house one day , and told that his Grace had spoken in the House of Lords for half an hour . ' Did he indeed ...
... hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the Duke of Marlborough . He came into a coffee - house one day , and told that his Grace had spoken in the House of Lords for half an hour . ' Did he indeed ...
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Page 87 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 87 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 47 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 106 - How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Page 90 - 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.
Page 103 - O SOLITUDE, romantic maid ! Whether by nodding towers you tread, Or haunt the desert's trackless gloom, Or hover o'er the yawning tomb, Or climb the Andes' clifted side, Or by the Nile's coy source abide, Or, starting from your half-year's sleep, From Hecla view the thawing deep, Or, at the purple dawn of day, Tadmor's marble waste survey ; You, recluse, again I woo, And again your steps pursue.
Page 191 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe...
Page 56 - ... from England, you would amplify knowledge with new views and new objects. Set about it therefore, if you can: do what you can easily do without anxious exactness. Lay the foundation, and leave the superstructure to posterity. I am, Sir, 'Your most humble servant, 'SAM. JOHNSON.
Page 23 - Wednesday I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine out together, to see that he was ready in time, and to accompany him. I found him buffeting his books, as upon a former occasion, covered with dust, and making no preparation for going abroad. "How is this, sir? (said I). Don't you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's?" Johnson: "Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's: it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner at home with Mrs. Williams.
Page 23 - Well, Sir, and what then? What care / for his patriotic friends? Poh!" BOSWELL. "I should not be surprised to find Jack Wilkes there." JOHNSON. "And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you; but really it is treating me strangely to talk to me as if I could not meet any company whatever, occasionally.