The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 4J. Murray, 1831 |
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... expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words , " added he , " and you might as well say , that 66 " If the man who turnips cries , Cry not when his father ...
... expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words , " added he , " and you might as well say , that 66 " If the man who turnips cries , Cry not when his father ...
Pàgina 10
... expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise 1 . " If , " said he , " I had no duties , and no reference to futurity , I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post - chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who ...
... expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise 1 . " If , " said he , " I had no duties , and no reference to futurity , I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post - chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who ...
Pàgina 15
... expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you answered , Why should you think so ? De- pend upon it , sir , when any man knows he is to be ...
... expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you answered , Why should you think so ? De- pend upon it , sir , when any man knows he is to be ...
Pàgina 22
... expressed , that I shall here intro- duce them . After observing , that " there are few writers who have gained any reputation by recording their own actions , " they say , " We may reduce the egotists to four classes . In the first we ...
... expressed , that I shall here intro- duce them . After observing , that " there are few writers who have gained any reputation by recording their own actions , " they say , " We may reduce the egotists to four classes . In the first we ...
Pàgina 23
... expressed in " The Rambler " thus : " their very first step out of the regions of business is into the perturbation of vice , or the vacuity of folly ' . ' JOHNSON . " Sir , these are not the words I should have used . No , sir ; the ...
... expressed in " The Rambler " thus : " their very first step out of the regions of business is into the perturbation of vice , or the vacuity of folly ' . ' JOHNSON . " Sir , these are not the words I should have used . No , sir ; the ...
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Pàgina 465 - ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Pàgina 15 - No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford." To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the dulcedo of the natale solum.
Pàgina 398 - 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 464 - It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear...
Pàgina 110 - 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 238 - I reminded him how heartily he and I used to drink wine together, when we were first acquainted ; and how I used to have a headache after sitting up with him. He did not like to have this recalled, or, perhaps, thinking that I boasted improperly, resolved to have a witty stroke at ine ; " Nay, sir, it was not the wine that made your head ache, but the sense that I put into it.
Pàgina 180 - We talked of antiquarian researches. JOHNSON. " All that is really known of the ancient state of Britain is contained in a few pages. We can know no more than what the old writers have told us...
Pàgina 1 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Pàgina 426 - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery. What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or what more than to hold your tongue about it?
Pàgina 465 - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.