The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... ladies of the present age , in- sisting that they were more faithful to their hus- bands , and more virtuous in every respect than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
... ladies of the present age , in- sisting that they were more faithful to their hus- bands , and more virtuous in every respect than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
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... Lady Craven ' and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow chandler , on Snow Hill . 8 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the ...
... Lady Craven ' and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow chandler , on Snow Hill . 8 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the ...
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... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities re- leased her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , sir . To the ...
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities re- leased her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , sir . To the ...
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... lady does not want that the contract should be dissolved ; she only argues that she may indulge herself in gallantries with equal freedom as her husband does , provided she takes care not to introduce a spurious issue into his family ...
... lady does not want that the contract should be dissolved ; she only argues that she may indulge herself in gallantries with equal freedom as her husband does , provided she takes care not to introduce a spurious issue into his family ...
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James Boswell. and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father induced him to treat her with the ut- most tenderness , and even to be desirous of pro- curing her amusement , so as sometimes to incom- mode many of his friends ...
James Boswell. and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father induced him to treat her with the ut- most tenderness , and even to be desirous of pro- curing her amusement , so as sometimes to incom- mode many of his friends ...
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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.