The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... hope it is . " On Wednesday , April 3 , in the morning , I found him very busy putting his books in order , and as they were generally very old ones , clouds of dust were flying around him . He had on a pair of large gloves such as ...
... hope it is . " On Wednesday , April 3 , in the morning , I found him very busy putting his books in order , and as they were generally very old ones , clouds of dust were flying around him . He had on a pair of large gloves such as ...
Pàgina 18
... hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I pre- sume to quote : " The Juries of England are Judges of law as well as of fact in many civil , and in all criminal trials . That my principles of resistance may not be misapprehended ...
... hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I pre- sume to quote : " The Juries of England are Judges of law as well as of fact in many civil , and in all criminal trials . That my principles of resistance may not be misapprehended ...
Pàgina 28
... hope of enjoying classical scenes that he could not easily part with the scheme ; for he said , " I shall probably contrive to get to Italy some other way . But I won't mention it to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , as it might vex them . " I sug ...
... hope of enjoying classical scenes that he could not easily part with the scheme ; for he said , " I shall probably contrive to get to Italy some other way . But I won't mention it to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , as it might vex them . " I sug ...
Pàgina 31
... hope that it did not occur to the first designer of the work , who was also the printer of it , and who bore a respectable character . " We have been induced to enter thus circumstantially into the foregoing detail of facts relating to ...
... hope that it did not occur to the first designer of the work , who was also the printer of it , and who bore a respectable character . " We have been induced to enter thus circumstantially into the foregoing detail of facts relating to ...
Pàgina 60
... hope it will be at last decided that the means of defence were just and lawful . " When I read this to Mr. Burke , he was highly pleased , and exclaimed , “ Well ; he does his work in a workmanlike manner " . " Mr. Thomson wished to ...
... hope it will be at last decided that the means of defence were just and lawful . " When I read this to Mr. Burke , he was highly pleased , and exclaimed , “ Well ; he does his work in a workmanlike manner " . " Mr. Thomson wished to ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 178 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Pàgina 177 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Pàgina 358 - Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Pàgina 307 - You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
Pàgina 183 - 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.
Pàgina 201 - Solitude, romantic maid! Whether by nodding towers you tread ; Or haunt the desert's trackless gloom, Or hover o'er the yawning tomb ; Or climb the Andes' clifted side, Or by the Nile's coy source abide : Or, starting from your half-year's sleep, From Hecla view the thawing deep : Or, at the purple dawn of day...
Pàgina 270 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, "Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Pàgina 64 - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
Pàgina 267 - Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
Pàgina 313 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.