The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 71
Page 4
... tion for his Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Loughborough . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our jour- ney . I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan com- plained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne and General Fraser , who ...
... tion for his Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Loughborough . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our jour- ney . I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan com- plained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne and General Fraser , who ...
Page 16
... tion . I mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness on ac- count of a degree of ridicule carelessly thrown on his deceased father , in Goldsmith's " History of Animated Nature , " in which that celebrated ma- thematician is represented as ...
... tion . I mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness on ac- count of a degree of ridicule carelessly thrown on his deceased father , in Goldsmith's " History of Animated Nature , " in which that celebrated ma- thematician is represented as ...
Page 17
... tion of the characters of mankind ' . On Thursday , April 4 , having called on Dr. Johnson , I said , it was a pity that truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to at ...
... tion of the characters of mankind ' . On Thursday , April 4 , having called on Dr. Johnson , I said , it was a pity that truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to at ...
Page 31
... tion would have prevailed on him to violate . In regard to the matter which we now dismiss , he had , no doubt , been misled by partial and wrong information : Shiels was the Doctor's amanuensis : he had quarreled with Cibber ; it is ...
... tion would have prevailed on him to violate . In regard to the matter which we now dismiss , he had , no doubt , been misled by partial and wrong information : Shiels was the Doctor's amanuensis : he had quarreled with Cibber ; it is ...
Page 35
... tion of poetry could be only imitation . JOHNSON . " You may translate books of science exactly . You may also translate history , in so far as it is not embellished with oratory , which is poetical . Poetry , indeed , cannot be ...
... tion of poetry could be only imitation . JOHNSON . " You may translate books of science exactly . You may also translate history , in so far as it is not embellished with oratory , which is poetical . Poetry , indeed , cannot be ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
66 DEAR SIR 66 MY DEAR acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Auchinleck authour Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Burke character consider conversation Court of Session death Dilly dined dinner Dodd drink Edinburgh English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kind lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Macartney Lord Monboddo Lordship Lucy Porter madam manner mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope postchaise praise publick racter recollect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write written wrote
Popular passages
Page 178 - 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 177 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Page 358 - Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Page 307 - You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
Page 183 - 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 201 - 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...
Page 270 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, "Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Page 64 - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
Page 267 - Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
Page 313 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.