The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . " - Preface , 1804 . Sir William Forbes . " The circle of Mr. Boswell's acquaintance among the learned , the witty , and , indeed , among men of all ranks and professions ...
... once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . " - Preface , 1804 . Sir William Forbes . " The circle of Mr. Boswell's acquaintance among the learned , the witty , and , indeed , among men of all ranks and professions ...
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... once his form , his merits , his peculiarities , nay , the very uncouthness of his gestures , and the deep impressive tone of his voice . We learn not only what he said , but form an idea how he said it ; and have , at the same time , a ...
... once his form , his merits , his peculiarities , nay , the very uncouthness of his gestures , and the deep impressive tone of his voice . We learn not only what he said , but form an idea how he said it ; and have , at the same time , a ...
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... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
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... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I anı aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I anı aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
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... once told me : his business , however , leading him to be much on horseback , contributed to the preservation of his bodily health , and mental sanity ; which , when he stayed long at home , would sometimes be about to give way ; and Mr ...
... once told me : his business , however , leading him to be much on horseback , contributed to the preservation of his bodily health , and mental sanity ; which , when he stayed long at home , would sometimes be about to give way ; and Mr ...
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Page 217 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 59 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o'er-hanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire— why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
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Page 243 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Page 216 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
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Page 217 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning', I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, ' My Lord, ' Your Lordship's most humble, ' Most obedient servant,
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