The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour to the Hebrides. New eds. with notes and appendices by A. Napier. [Followed by] Johnsoniana, ed. by R. Napier, Volume 11884 |
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... wrote upon law ; and yet he knew a great many other things , and has written upon other things . Selden too . " SIR A. " Very true , Sir ; and Lord Bacon . But was not Lord Coke a mere lawyer ? " JOHNSON . " Why , I am afraid he was ...
... wrote upon law ; and yet he knew a great many other things , and has written upon other things . Selden too . " SIR A. " Very true , Sir ; and Lord Bacon . But was not Lord Coke a mere lawyer ? " JOHNSON . " Why , I am afraid he was ...
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... as manager of the theatre ; he removed , in 1762 , to Drury Lane , and died in 1771. He wrote some theatrical pieces of no reputation . - Croker . as we are apt to call what is far removed 14 1772 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... as manager of the theatre ; he removed , in 1762 , to Drury Lane , and died in 1771. He wrote some theatrical pieces of no reputation . - Croker . as we are apt to call what is far removed 14 1772 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... wrote the beautiful pastoral ballad quoted in the notes to the Lay of the Last Minstrel , " My sheep I neglected , " & c.— Lockhart . 4 * Hugh , fourth Earl of Marchmont , the friend and executor of Pope ; born in 1708 , died in 1794 ...
... wrote the beautiful pastoral ballad quoted in the notes to the Lay of the Last Minstrel , " My sheep I neglected , " & c.— Lockhart . 4 * Hugh , fourth Earl of Marchmont , the friend and executor of Pope ; born in 1708 , died in 1794 ...
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... wrote against him ; and you had the controversy between Mr. Elwal and Mr. Barter . To try to make himself distinguished , he wrote a letter to King George the Second , challenging him to dis- pute with him , in which he said , ' George ...
... wrote against him ; and you had the controversy between Mr. Elwal and Mr. Barter . To try to make himself distinguished , he wrote a letter to King George the Second , challenging him to dis- pute with him , in which he said , ' George ...
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... wrote . " The charge is , that he has used immoderate and cruel correction . Correction in itself is not cruel ; children , being not reasonable , can be governed only by fear . To impress this fear is , therefore , one of the first ...
... wrote . " The charge is , that he has used immoderate and cruel correction . Correction in itself is not cruel ; children , being not reasonable , can be governed only by fear . To impress this fear is , therefore , one of the first ...
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Page 190 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 433 - 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. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 171 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Page 316 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.
Page 344 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Page 62 - I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
Page 349 - You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.
Page 134 - What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still.- For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines me to pay regard not to what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You may print this if you will.
Page 35 - Mr. Mickle, the translator of The Lusiad, and I went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Page 332 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.