The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published ...T. Cadell, 1822 |
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الصفحة xvii
... late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as com- modiously as he could . In the present ...
... late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as com- modiously as he could . In the present ...
الصفحة xxx
... late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson . intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary . acknowl . Several Essays in the Universal Visiter , which there is some difficulty in ascertaining . All that are marked ...
... late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson . intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary . acknowl . Several Essays in the Universal Visiter , which there is some difficulty in ascertaining . All that are marked ...
الصفحة xxxiii
... late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands . acknowl . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the House of Lords . acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the Court of ...
... late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands . acknowl . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the House of Lords . acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the Court of ...
الصفحة 13
... late : Her vital power was ex- hausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love . She was buried in the ca- thedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with ...
... late : Her vital power was ex- hausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love . She was buried in the ca- thedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with ...
الصفحة 14
... late with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty enquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : Yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristick , that I shall not ...
... late with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty enquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : Yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristick , that I shall not ...
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الصفحة 210 - When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
الصفحة xxxvi - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
الصفحة 148 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
الصفحة 211 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
الصفحة 398 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
الصفحة 356 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested- him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
الصفحة 211 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
الصفحة 211 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
الصفحة 335 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
الصفحة 244 - ... the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.