Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what Men Thought and Spoke Concerning HimEdward Tuckerman Mason Harper & brothers, 1879 - 319 pages |
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... young . Much misrepresentation has prevailed on this sub- ject . Thomas Percy . ODD AND PECULIAR . - I spent yesterday with Johnson , the celebrated author of the " Rambler , " who is of all oth- ers the oddest and most peculiar fellow ...
... young . Much misrepresentation has prevailed on this sub- ject . Thomas Percy . ODD AND PECULIAR . - I spent yesterday with Johnson , the celebrated author of the " Rambler , " who is of all oth- ers the oddest and most peculiar fellow ...
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... break- fast with some young ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . " Garrick being told of this ram- ble , said to him , smartly , " I 26 SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... break- fast with some young ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . " Garrick being told of this ram- ble , said to him , smartly , " I 26 SAMUEL JOHNSON .
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... young lady present boasted that she could outrun any person ; on which Dr. Johnson rose up and said , “ Madam , you cannot outrun me ; " and , going out on the lawn , they started . The lady at first had the ad- vantage ; but Dr ...
... young lady present boasted that she could outrun any person ; on which Dr. Johnson rose up and said , “ Madam , you cannot outrun me ; " and , going out on the lawn , they started . The lady at first had the ad- vantage ; but Dr ...
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... young man should read five hours in a day , and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge . " - Boswell . In 1781 , Johnson at last completed his " Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished ...
... young man should read five hours in a day , and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge . " - Boswell . In 1781 , Johnson at last completed his " Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished ...
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... young man , he wrote three columns of the " Parliamentary Debates , " in the " Gentleman's Magazine , " in one hour . He composed seventy lines of his poem upon the " Vanity of Human Wishes " in one day , without putting one of them on ...
... young man , he wrote three columns of the " Parliamentary Debates , " in the " Gentleman's Magazine , " in one hour . He composed seventy lines of his poem upon the " Vanity of Human Wishes " in one day , without putting one of them on ...
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Page 174 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 217 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression 'come from Scotland...
Page 184 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 228 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Page 30 - 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 293 - 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 37 - Idleness is a disease which must be combated ; but I would not advise a rigid adherence to a particular plan of study. I myself have never persisted in any plan for two days together. A man ought to read just as inclination leads him ; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. A young man should read five hours in a day, and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge.
Page 184 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by...
Page 279 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 217 - Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir, (said he, with a stern look,) I have known David Garrick longer than you have done : and I know no right you have to talk to me on the subject.