The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
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... wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first rate men of learn- ing from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at Oxford ...
... wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first rate men of learn- ing from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at Oxford ...
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... wish for his re- marks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds or five hundred pounds by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon ...
... wish for his re- marks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds or five hundred pounds by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon ...
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... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate ...
... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate ...
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... wish they would come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this sub- ject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
... wish they would come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this sub- ject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
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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.