The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen9J. Murray, 1835 |
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... observe that I am well bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man , " continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , " no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear ...
... observe that I am well bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man , " continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , " no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear ...
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... observe , and my tongue ready to talk . A man is seldom in a humour to unlock his bookcase , set his desk in order , and betake himself to serious study ; but a retentive memory will do something , and a fellow shall have strange credit ...
... observe , and my tongue ready to talk . A man is seldom in a humour to unlock his bookcase , set his desk in order , and betake himself to serious study ; but a retentive memory will do something , and a fellow shall have strange credit ...
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... , " as a clipped hedge is to a forest . " When we talked of Steele's Essays , They are too thin , " says our critic , " for an Englishman's taste : 66 - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with- c 2 PIOZZI . 19.
... , " as a clipped hedge is to a forest . " When we talked of Steele's Essays , They are too thin , " says our critic , " for an Englishman's taste : 66 - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with- c 2 PIOZZI . 19.
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Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides James Boswell. - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with- out erudition enough to make them keep , - like the light French wines , which turn sour with standing a while for ...
Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides James Boswell. - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with- out erudition enough to make them keep , - like the light French wines , which turn sour with standing a while for ...
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... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' t is a mere play of words ...
... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' t is a mere play of words ...
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Página 19 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Página 205 - Tis real good, or seeming, moves them all : But since not every good we can divide ; And reason bids us for our own provide : Passions, though selfish, if their means be fair, List under Reason, and deserve her care ; Those, that imparted, court a nobler aim, Exalt their kind, and take some virtue's name.
Página 11 - Suppose, Sir, that the angel of this auspicious youth, foreseeing the many virtues which made him one of the most amiable, as he is one of the most fortunate, men of his age, had opened to him in vision, that when in the fourth generation the third prince of the House of Brunswick had sat twelve years on the throne...
Página 12 - If amidst these bright and happy scenes of domestic honour and prosperity, that angel should have drawn up the curtain, and unfolded the rising glories of his country, and whilst he was gazing with admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body, and should tell him, ' Young man, there is America...
Página 11 - Mr. Speaker, I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration. It is good for us to be here. We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds, indeed, and darkness, rest upon the future.
Página 326 - Adams had contrived a very pretty piece of gallantry. We spent the day and evening at his house. After dinner Johnson begged to conduct me to see the College; he would let no one show it me but himself. 'This was my room; this Shenstone's.
Página 122 - Visitors are no proper companions in the chamber of sickness. They come when I could sleep or read, they stay till I am weary, they force me to attend when my mind calls for relaxation, and to speak when my powers will hardly actuate my tongue. The...
Página 85 - Johnson, amazed at his odd frankness), I thought had been a secret between you and me ; and I am sure I would not have said any thing about it for the world.
Página 70 - See the jockey, see the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high, What are acres? What are houses?
Página 4 - some general principles of every science; he who can talk only on one subject, or act only in one department, is seldom wanted, and perhaps never wished for; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit and always please.