The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3Bell, 1889 |
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... occasion to be of a side . " This letter , which had considerable influence upon my mind , I sent to Dr. Johnson , begging to hear from him again upon this interesting question . " DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ 8 1776 . BOSWELL'S ...
... occasion to be of a side . " This letter , which had considerable influence upon my mind , I sent to Dr. Johnson , begging to hear from him again upon this interesting question . " DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ 8 1776 . BOSWELL'S ...
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... occasion he said , " A story is a specimen of human manners , and derives its sole value from its truth . When Foote has told me something , I dismiss it from my mind like a passing shadow ; when Reynolds tells me something , I consider ...
... occasion he said , " A story is a specimen of human manners , and derives its sole value from its truth . When Foote has told me something , I dismiss it from my mind like a passing shadow ; when Reynolds tells me something , I consider ...
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... occasion to enlarge , as he often did , upon the wretchedness of a sea- life . A ship is worse than a gaol . There is , in a gaol , better air , better company , better conveniency of every kind ; and a ship has the additional ...
... occasion to enlarge , as he often did , upon the wretchedness of a sea- life . A ship is worse than a gaol . There is , in a gaol , better air , better company , better conveniency of every kind ; and a ship has the additional ...
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... occasion to remark , Johnson loved business , loved to have his wisdom actually operate on real life . Dr. Wetherell and I talked of him without reserve in his own presence . WETHERELL . " I would have given him a hundred guineas if he ...
... occasion to remark , Johnson loved business , loved to have his wisdom actually operate on real life . Dr. Wetherell and I talked of him without reserve in his own presence . WETHERELL . " I would have given him a hundred guineas if he ...
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... occasion to remark , Johnson loved business , loved to have his wisdom actually operate on real life . Dr. Wetherell and I talked of him without reserve in his own presence . WETHERELL . " I would have given him a hundred guineas if he ...
... occasion to remark , Johnson loved business , loved to have his wisdom actually operate on real life . Dr. Wetherell and I talked of him without reserve in his own presence . WETHERELL . " I would have given him a hundred guineas if he ...
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Pàgina 165 - 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. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Pàgina 449 - CARPENTER'S (Dr. WB) Zoology, A Systematic View of the Structure, Habits, Instincts, and Uses of the principal Families of the Animal Kingdom, and of the chief Forms of Fossil Remains. Revised by WS Dallas, FLS Numerous Woodcuts. 2 vols. 6s. each. — Mechanical Philosophy, Astronomy, and Horology. A Popular Exposition. 181 Woodcuts. i8 BOHN'S LIBRARIES. CARPENTER'S Works.— < Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany.
Pàgina 30 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Pàgina 436 - By Archdn. Coxe. With Continuation from the Accession of Francis I. to the Revolution of 1848. 4 Portraits. 4 vols. CUNNING-HAM'S Lives of the most Eminent British Painters. With Notes and 16 fresh Lives by Mrs. Heaton.
Pàgina 437 - GIBBON'S Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and unabridged, with variorum Notes ; including those of Guizot, Wenck, Niebuhr, Hugo, Neander, and others. 7 vols. 2 Maps and Portrait.
Pàgina 92 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.
Pàgina 443 - Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy. With Notes, Introduction of Guizot, and the Critical Notice of M. Delille, by T. Forester, MA To which is added the CHRONICLE OF St.
Pàgina 453 - Chess Praxis. A Supplement to the Chess-player's Handbook. Containing the most important modern Improvements in the Openings ; Code of Chess Laws ; and a Selection of Morphy's Games. Annotated.
Pàgina 445 - History of the Jesuits : their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs. 8 Portraits. PETRARCH'S Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems, in English Verse. With Life by Thomas Campbell. Portrait and 15 Steel Engravings. PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution ; with AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN. By Dr. Hall. Map of the World and 12 coloured Plates PICTORIAL HANDBOOK OF Modern Geography on a Popular Plan.
Pàgina 450 - Sketches from the Mineral Kingdom. Trans, by A. Henfrey, FRS Coloured Map of the Geography of Plants. SMITH'S (Pye) Geology and Scripture ; or, the Relation between the Scriptures and Geological Science. With Memoir. STANLEY'S Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, including an Account of some of the early German Masters. By George Stanley. STAUNTON'S Chess Works. — See page 21. STOCKHARDT'S Experimental Chemistry. A Handbook for the Study of the Science...