The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen10J. Murray, 1835 |
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... hear you , or any body , utter such nonsense , when the one relates to men only , the other to God ! " Miss Reynolds then observed , that when shame was lost , conscience was nearly gone . Johnson agreed , that her conclusion was very ...
... hear you , or any body , utter such nonsense , when the one relates to men only , the other to God ! " Miss Reynolds then observed , that when shame was lost , conscience was nearly gone . Johnson agreed , that her conclusion was very ...
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... entered the room , she said to him , See , Dr. Johnson , what a preference I give to your company ; for I had an offer of a place in a box at the Oratorio , to hear Miss 66 Linley ; but I would rather sit with you than B 4 NORTHCOTE . 7.
... entered the room , she said to him , See , Dr. Johnson , what a preference I give to your company ; for I had an offer of a place in a box at the Oratorio , to hear Miss 66 Linley ; but I would rather sit with you than B 4 NORTHCOTE . 7.
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... hear Miss Linley sing . " " And I , Madam , " replied John- son , " would rather sit with you than sit upon a throne . " The Doctor would not be surpassed even in a trifling compliment . 491. Learned Ladies . Several ladies being in ...
... hear Miss Linley sing . " " And I , Madam , " replied John- son , " would rather sit with you than sit upon a throne . " The Doctor would not be surpassed even in a trifling compliment . 491. Learned Ladies . Several ladies being in ...
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... hear her son was below , desired the maid to tell him she longed to embrace him . descended , the gentleman was gone , Johnson was much agitated by the adventure : it was the only time he ever made an effort to see her . When the maid ...
... hear her son was below , desired the maid to tell him she longed to embrace him . descended , the gentleman was gone , Johnson was much agitated by the adventure : it was the only time he ever made an effort to see her . When the maid ...
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... hear me as if I had spoken of a newly dis- covered country . 542. Johnson's Character . I think the character of Dr. Johnson can never be better summed up than in his own words in " Rasselas , " chapter 42. He was master of an infinite ...
... hear me as if I had spoken of a newly dis- covered country . 542. Johnson's Character . I think the character of Dr. Johnson can never be better summed up than in his own words in " Rasselas , " chapter 42. He was master of an infinite ...
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Página 88 - In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain...
Página 145 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Página 92 - The force of his comic scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural, and therefore durable...
Página 69 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become 120 A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página 171 - They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord...
Página 75 - By numbers here from shame or censure free All crimes are safe, but hated poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues ; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter 'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways...
Página 62 - He said, that the Parliamentary Debates were the only part of his writings which then gave him any compunction: but that at the time he wrote them, he had no conception he was imposing upon the world...
Página 170 - ... who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Página 77 - Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Página 90 - He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is?