The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... keep up all his former con- nections . Then , sir , those who knew him for- merly upon a level with themselves may think that they ought still to be treated as on a level , which cannot be ; and an acquaintance in a for- mer situation ...
... keep up all his former con- nections . Then , sir , those who knew him for- merly upon a level with themselves may think that they ought still to be treated as on a level , which cannot be ; and an acquaintance in a for- mer situation ...
Pàgina 13
... keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks ...
... keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks ...
Pàgina 15
... keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor that a fellow can obtain any ...
... keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor that a fellow can obtain any ...
Pàgina 19
... keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy , unsuspecting man might come and marry this woman , unless the father inform him of the truth . " JOHNSON . " Sir , he is acces ...
... keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy , unsuspecting man might come and marry this woman , unless the father inform him of the truth . " JOHNSON . " Sir , he is acces ...
Pàgina 20
... keep them so long in the little towns of his own district , that they would not have time to see Rome . I mentioned this to put them on their guard . JOHNSON . " Sir , we do not thank Mr. Beauclerk for supposing that we are to be ...
... keep them so long in the little towns of his own district , that they would not have time to see Rome . I mentioned this to put them on their guard . JOHNSON . " Sir , we do not thank Mr. Beauclerk for supposing that we are to be ...
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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.