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... knew anything all the while I was at Oxford but drinking and duncery . ' If Prideaux spoke ill of Aldrich's college , Aldrich in return used to speak slightingly of Prideaux as ' an inaccu- rate , muddy - headed man . ' If we turn from ...
... knew anything all the while I was at Oxford but drinking and duncery . ' If Prideaux spoke ill of Aldrich's college , Aldrich in return used to speak slightingly of Prideaux as ' an inaccu- rate , muddy - headed man . ' If we turn from ...
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... knew it . sent library was in his time the hall . The raised dais at the western end , where the high table stood , was an addition made by Clayton , the first Master , to a more ancient building which had formed part of an earlier ...
... knew it . sent library was in his time the hall . The raised dais at the western end , where the high table stood , was an addition made by Clayton , the first Master , to a more ancient building which had formed part of an earlier ...
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... knew Johnson well , and knew him rather early in life , but he is by no means trustworthy . He certainly too often ' lies , ' we use the word as Johnson used it though we will not go on to add ' he knows that he lies . ' If Johnson had ...
... knew Johnson well , and knew him rather early in life , but he is by no means trustworthy . He certainly too often ' lies , ' we use the word as Johnson used it though we will not go on to add ' he knows that he lies . ' If Johnson had ...
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... knew me to shoot at I daily underwent some contempt from the collegians . Some have thrown dirt at me , and others took away their pay from me . ' • • Johnson , Hawkins tells us , would have done away with the whole system of servitors ...
... knew me to shoot at I daily underwent some contempt from the collegians . Some have thrown dirt at me , and others took away their pay from me . ' • • Johnson , Hawkins tells us , would have done away with the whole system of servitors ...
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... knew him in after life , and enjoyed his society - so much of it , that is to say , as he could get . ' John Wesley's conversation is good , ' he said , ' but he is never at leisure . He is always obliged to go at a certain hour . This ...
... knew him in after life , and enjoyed his society - so much of it , that is to say , as he could get . ' John Wesley's conversation is good , ' he said , ' but he is never at leisure . He is always obliged to go at a certain hour . This ...
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Page 215 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 62 - The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Page 48 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Page 209 - ... at a very early period, marked his character, gathered such strength in his twentieth year, as to afflict him in a dreadful manner. While he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729 ', he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience ; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery.
Page 196 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Page 262 - He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleetditch.
Page 6 - O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Page 212 - I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed riveted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite...
Page 194 - Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both.
Page 169 - Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot, bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about the dignity of a born gentleman, yet stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London...