The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Volum 81835 |
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Pàgina 56
... hear is against it ; and as those who can only hear are more numerous than those who can understand , and opposition is always loudest , a majority of the rabble will be for opposition . " This boisterous vivacity entertained us ; but ...
... hear is against it ; and as those who can only hear are more numerous than those who can understand , and opposition is always loudest , a majority of the rabble will be for opposition . " This boisterous vivacity entertained us ; but ...
Pàgina 69
... hear it discussed . JOHNSON ( somewhat warmly ) . " One would not go to such a place to hear it , one would not be seen in such a place to give countenance to such a meeting . " I , however , re- solved that I would go . " But , Sir ...
... hear it discussed . JOHNSON ( somewhat warmly ) . " One would not go to such a place to hear it , one would not be seen in such a place to give countenance to such a meeting . " I , however , re- solved that I would go . " But , Sir ...
Pàgina 77
... Hear this now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . 99 He and I walked away together : we stopped a little while by the rails of the Adelphi , looking on the Thames , and I said to him with some emotion , that ...
... Hear this now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . 99 He and I walked away together : we stopped a little while by the rails of the Adelphi , looking on the Thames , and I said to him with some emotion , that ...
Pàgina 82
... hear what had been treated with such violence in " The False Alarm " now turned into pleasant repartee , was extremely agreeable . Johnson went on : " Locke observes well , that a prohibition to export the current coin is impolitic ...
... hear what had been treated with such violence in " The False Alarm " now turned into pleasant repartee , was extremely agreeable . Johnson went on : " Locke observes well , that a prohibition to export the current coin is impolitic ...
Pàgina 84
... hear , " Dr Johnson should make me a pre- sent of his Lives of the Poets , ' as I am a poor patriot , who cannot afford to buy them . " Johnson seemed to take no notice of this hint ; but in a little while he called to Mr. Dilly ...
... hear , " Dr Johnson should make me a pre- sent of his Lives of the Poets , ' as I am a poor patriot , who cannot afford to buy them . " Johnson seemed to take no notice of this hint ; but in a little while he called to Mr. Dilly ...
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Pàgina 394 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pàgina 81 - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Pàgina 120 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Pàgina 44 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
Pàgina 270 - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
Pàgina 67 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Pàgina 383 - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
Pàgina 84 - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Pàgina 279 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Pàgina 72 - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him