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Pàgina 449
... learning , the points in which I saw much diffi culty , maintaining that " the succession of heirs general , was the succes- sion by the law of Scotland , from the throne to the cottage , as far as we can learn it by record ...
... learning , the points in which I saw much diffi culty , maintaining that " the succession of heirs general , was the succes- sion by the law of Scotland , from the throne to the cottage , as far as we can learn it by record ...
Pàgina 454
... learning . To the booksellers , if we look for either honour or profit from our press , not only their common profit , but something more must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price ...
... learning . To the booksellers , if we look for either honour or profit from our press , not only their common profit , but something more must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price ...
Pàgina 485
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat pro- cures him a degree of ...
... learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat pro- cures him a degree of ...
Pàgina 486
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and de- pended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . Johnson . Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and de- pended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . Johnson . Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
Pàgina 487
... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities . It is ...
... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities . It is ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 731 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Pàgina 787 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pàgina 738 - It may indeed be observed, that in all the numerous writings of Johnson, whether in prose or verse, and even in his Tragedy, of which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate Princess, there is not a single passage that ever drew a tear.
Pàgina 555 - SIR, — That which is appointed to all men is now coming upon you. Outward circumstances, the eyes and the thoughts of men, are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand the trial for eternity before the Supreme Judge of heaven and earth. Be comforted : your crime, morally or religiously considered, has no very deep dye of turpitude. It corrupted no man's principles ; it attacked no man's life. It inv-olved only a temporary and reparable injury.
Pàgina 571 - 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 746 - It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold any thing by courtesy, and therefore never usurps...
Pàgina 655 - Why, yes, Sir; it is to be admired. I value myself upon this, that there is nothing of the old man in my conversation. I am now sixty-eight, and I have no more of it than at twenty-eight.
Pàgina 465 - No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Pàgina 660 - ... I shall not be in town to-morrow. I don't care to know about Pope.' MRS. THRALE (surprised as I was, and a little angry) : ' I suppose, sir, Mr. Boswell thought, that as you are to write Pope's Life, you would wish to know about him.' JOHNSON: 'Wish! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it.
Pàgina 506 - Mr. Wilkes was very assiduous in helping him to some fine veal. "Pray give me leave, Sir: — It is better here — A little of the brown — Some fat, Sir — A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter — Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange; — or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — "Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...