The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... pounds in a year to those that impor- tune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into absurdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his ...
... pounds in a year to those that impor- tune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into absurdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his ...
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... pounds . " " When in good humour , he would talk of Iris own writings with a wonderful frankness and can- dour , and would even criticise them with the closest severity . One day , having read over one of his Ramblers , Mr. Langton ...
... pounds . " " When in good humour , he would talk of Iris own writings with a wonderful frankness and can- dour , and would even criticise them with the closest severity . One day , having read over one of his Ramblers , Mr. Langton ...
Pàgina 38
... pounds , over and above two hun- dred , for which his agreement was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . This was , however , but a small recompence for such a collection of biography , and such principles and illustrations of ...
... pounds , over and above two hun- dred , for which his agreement was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . This was , however , but a small recompence for such a collection of biography , and such principles and illustrations of ...
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... pounds . " Congratulating Charles the Second on his [ co- ronation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery , ready for all whom the vicissitudes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ confessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
... pounds . " Congratulating Charles the Second on his [ co- ronation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery , ready for all whom the vicissitudes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ confessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
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... pounds , and reclaimed “ his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the authenticity of this anecdote is denied . But Mr. Malone has obliged me with the following note concerning it : - 66 Many ...
... pounds , and reclaimed “ his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the authenticity of this anecdote is denied . But Mr. Malone has obliged me with the following note concerning it : - 66 Many ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admirable answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention authour believe Bennet Langton Bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney called character Club compliments consider conversation curious death dined dropsy eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy hear Hebrides Herbert Croft honour hope humble servant instance JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton learning letter Litchfield literary live London Lord Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad Madam manner mentioned merit mind never night obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps person pleased pleasure poet pounds praise prayers pretty woman publick racter reason recollect remarkable respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed shew shewn Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Whig Wilkes wish wonder write written wrote young
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Pàgina 324 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Pàgina 100 - 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 104 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Pàgina 47 - My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Pàgina 48 - The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability of wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in disputation [matter], thoughts flowed in on either side. " The abyss of an un-ideal [emptiness] vacancy.
Pàgina 459 - He had a constitutional melancholy, the clouds of which darkened the brightness of his fancy, and gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking: yet, though grave and awful in his deportment, when he thought it necessary or proper, he frequently indulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the...
Pàgina 151 - Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind; Nor, letter'd arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefin'd.
Pàgina 113 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale: sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound...
Pàgina 80 - 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 ; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to. set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Pàgina 316 - We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. Novell's, where was a very agreeable company; and we drank "Church and King" after dinner, with true Tory cordiality.