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... things ladies are , and how little fit to be trusted with feudal estates . When she merds and loves me , there may be ... thing Scotch , but Scotch oat - cakes , and Scotch prejudices , Let me know the answer of Rasay , and the decision ...
... things ladies are , and how little fit to be trusted with feudal estates . When she merds and loves me , there may be ... thing Scotch , but Scotch oat - cakes , and Scotch prejudices , Let me know the answer of Rasay , and the decision ...
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... thing but climate . Nature has done more for the French ; but they have done less for themselves than the Scotch have done . crous . It happened that Foote was at Paris at the same time with Dr. John- son , and his description of my ...
... thing but climate . Nature has done more for the French ; but they have done less for themselves than the Scotch have done . crous . It happened that Foote was at Paris at the same time with Dr. John- son , and his description of my ...
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... thing , but upon legal terms ; he can grant no power which the law denies ; and if he makes no special and de- finite limitation , he confers all the power which the law allows . Your ancestor , for some reason , disinherited his ...
... thing , but upon legal terms ; he can grant no power which the law denies ; and if he makes no special and de- finite limitation , he confers all the power which the law allows . Your ancestor , for some reason , disinherited his ...
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... thing that he told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As au instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related , as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . " A gentlewoman ( said he ) ...
... thing that he told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As au instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related , as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . " A gentlewoman ( said he ) ...
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... thing to which he is inclined at the time . Let him contrive to have as many retreats for his mind as he can , as many things to which it can fly from itself . Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy ' is a valuable work . It is , perhaps ...
... thing to which he is inclined at the time . Let him contrive to have as many retreats for his mind as he can , as many things to which it can fly from itself . Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy ' is a valuable work . It is , perhaps ...
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Page 731 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Page 787 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 738 - It may indeed be observed, that in all the numerous writings of Johnson, whether in prose or verse, and even in his Tragedy, of which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate Princess, there is not a single passage that ever drew a tear.
Page 555 - SIR, — That which is appointed to all men is now coming upon you. Outward circumstances, the eyes and the thoughts of men, are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand the trial for eternity before the Supreme Judge of heaven and earth. Be comforted : your crime, morally or religiously considered, has no very deep dye of turpitude. It corrupted no man's principles ; it attacked no man's life. It inv-olved only a temporary and reparable injury.
Page 571 - 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 746 - It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold any thing by courtesy, and therefore never usurps...
Page 655 - Why, yes, Sir; it is to be admired. I value myself upon this, that there is nothing of the old man in my conversation. I am now sixty-eight, and I have no more of it than at twenty-eight.
Page 465 - No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 660 - ... I shall not be in town to-morrow. I don't care to know about Pope.' MRS. THRALE (surprised as I was, and a little angry) : ' I suppose, sir, Mr. Boswell thought, that as you are to write Pope's Life, you would wish to know about him.' JOHNSON: 'Wish! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it.
Page 506 - Mr. Wilkes was very assiduous in helping him to some fine veal. "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...