Johnson the Essayist, His Opinions on Men, Morals and Manners: A StudyG. Richards Limited, 1924 - 285 pages |
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... told Sir Joshua Reynolds " that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion , and in every company ; to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in ; and that , by constant ...
... told Sir Joshua Reynolds " that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion , and in every company ; to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in ; and that , by constant ...
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... told them this was the second time that 99 99 It is true that Johnson writes of Spenser as our first poet : " we consider the whole succession from Spenser to Pope , as superior to any names which the continent can boast ( Idler , No ...
... told them this was the second time that 99 99 It is true that Johnson writes of Spenser as our first poet : " we consider the whole succession from Spenser to Pope , as superior to any names which the continent can boast ( Idler , No ...
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... told , that the condition of humanity admits no pure and unmingled happiness ; that the exuberant gayety of youth ends in poverty or disease ; that uncommon qualifications and contrarieties of excellence , produce envy equally with ...
... told , that the condition of humanity admits no pure and unmingled happiness ; that the exuberant gayety of youth ends in poverty or disease ; that uncommon qualifications and contrarieties of excellence , produce envy equally with ...
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... told by some of an unexpected bankruptcy ; by others of a turtle- feast ; is sometimes provoked by importunate enquiries after the white bear , and sometimes with praises of the dancing dog ; he is afterwards entreated to give his judg ...
... told by some of an unexpected bankruptcy ; by others of a turtle- feast ; is sometimes provoked by importunate enquiries after the white bear , and sometimes with praises of the dancing dog ; he is afterwards entreated to give his judg ...
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... told . We live in an age in which it is a kind of publick sport to refuse all respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them . " The other ...
... told . We live in an age in which it is a kind of publick sport to refuse all respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them . " The other ...
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Page 66 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 238 - Observe me, Sir Anthony — I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I dont think so much learning becomes a young woman ; for instance — I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or algebra, or simony, or fluxions, or paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning...
Page 238 - I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries. But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning...
Page 82 - 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 220 - An author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue;' and Numbers 44 and 100, by Mrs.
Page 104 - ... which he lay; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread; The humid wall with paltry pictures spread — The Royal Game of Goose was there in view And the Twelve Rules the Royal Martyr drew; The seasons, fram'd with listing, found a place, And brave Prince William show'd his lamp-black face.
Page 233 - Confusion of progeny constitutes the essence of the crime; and therefore a woman who breaks her marriage vows is much more criminal than a man who does it. A man, to be sure, is criminal in the sight of GOD ; but he does not do his wife a very material injury, if he does not insult her ; if, for instance, from mere wantonness of appetite, he steals privately to her chambermaid. Sir, a wife ought not greatly to resent this. I would not receive home a daughter who had run away from her husband on that...
Page 197 - There are indeed but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.
Page 80 - That he is infinitely good, as far as the perfection of his nature will allow, I certainly believe; but it is necessary for good upon the whole, that individuals should be punished. As to an individual, therefore, he is not infinitely good ; and as I cannot be sure that I have fulfilled the conditions on which salvation is granted, I am afraid I may be one of those who shall be damned.
Page 277 - It having been argued that this was an improvement, — "No, Sir, (said he, eagerly,) it is not an improvement: they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the publick was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?