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... matter ; do favour us with it . " Johnson , with great good humour , complied . He told them , " I found his Majesty wished I should talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his Sovereign ...
... matter ; do favour us with it . " Johnson , with great good humour , complied . He told them , " I found his Majesty wished I should talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his Sovereign ...
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... matters , as if one should put the armour of Goliath upon a dwarf . upon a dwarf . The contrast might be laugh- " Prayers and Meditations , p . 77 and 78 . Prayers and Meditations , p . 73 . able ; but the dignity of the armour must ...
... matters , as if one should put the armour of Goliath upon a dwarf . upon a dwarf . The contrast might be laugh- " Prayers and Meditations , p . 77 and 78 . Prayers and Meditations , p . 73 . able ; but the dignity of the armour must ...
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... matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very little , that were a man to be sent over Britain to offer them an exemption from it at a half - penny a piece , very few would purchase it . " This was a ...
... matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very little , that were a man to be sent over Britain to offer them an exemption from it at a half - penny a piece , very few would purchase it . " This was a ...
Page 86
... matters , that she had acquir- ed such a niceness of touch , as to know by the feeling on the outside of the cup , how near it was to being full . at being allowed the privilege of attending Dr. Johnson at 86 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
... matters , that she had acquir- ed such a niceness of touch , as to know by the feeling on the outside of the cup , how near it was to being full . at being allowed the privilege of attending Dr. Johnson at 86 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
Page 92
... matter , because all that I know so understand the meaning of subscription , and upon other terms would not subscribe . " - The above was printed some years ago in the European Magazine , from the original , now in the hands of Mr ...
... matter , because all that I know so understand the meaning of subscription , and upon other terms would not subscribe . " - The above was printed some years ago in the European Magazine , from the original , now in the hands of Mr ...
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Page 301 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Page 207 - Why, Dr. Johnson, this is not so easy as you seem to think; for if you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like WHALES.
Page 424 - 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 314 - He made the common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience, when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease, and that they generally languish for want of their habitual occupation, and wish to return to it. He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined.
Page 150 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
Page 112 - the poor in England were better provided for than in any other country of the same extent: he did not mean little Cantons, or petty Republicks. Where a great proportion of the people...
Page 205 - ... that the fear of something made him resolve ; it is upon the state of his mind, after the resolution is taken, that I argue. Suppose a man either from fear, or pride, or conscience, or whatever motive, has resolved to kill himself; when once the resolution is taken, he has nothing to fear. He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose, at the head of his army. He cannot fear the rack, who is resolved to kill himself. When Eustace...
Page 1 - Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher.
Page 211 - Yet there is no man whose company is more liked.' JOHNSON. 'To be sure, Sir. When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer, their inferiour while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.