The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, المجلد 2H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... person , at least , as proud ; I think , by your own account , you are the prouder man of the two . " - " But mine ( replied Johnson instantly ) was been mortified- Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse . By Mr. Bos- well's own confession ...
... person , at least , as proud ; I think , by your own account , you are the prouder man of the two . " - " But mine ( replied Johnson instantly ) was been mortified- Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse . By Mr. Bos- well's own confession ...
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... person then unknown , who he was afterwards in- formed was Dr. Pearce , ( 1 ) Bishop of Rochester . The etymologies , though they exhibit learning and judgment , are not , I think , entitled to the first praise amongst the various parts ...
... person then unknown , who he was afterwards in- formed was Dr. Pearce , ( 1 ) Bishop of Rochester . The etymologies , though they exhibit learning and judgment , are not , I think , entitled to the first praise amongst the various parts ...
الصفحة 49
... persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon , and George Ducket , Esq.- BOSWELL . I am more fortunate than Mr. Boswell , in being able ( through the favour of Sir F. H. Doyle , now deputy - chairman of the excise board ) to ...
... persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon , and George Ducket , Esq.- BOSWELL . I am more fortunate than Mr. Boswell , in being able ( through the favour of Sir F. H. Doyle , now deputy - chairman of the excise board ) to ...
الصفحة 68
... person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson . The quantities which he drank of it at all hours were so great , that his nerves must have been uncommonly strong , not to have been extremely ...
... person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson . The quantities which he drank of it at all hours were so great , that his nerves must have been uncommonly strong , not to have been extremely ...
الصفحة 74
... Bishop of Ferns observes to me , amount to an absolute fraud , as a person might be chosen for the merits of a sermon not written by himself . - C . posals of considerable length ( 1 ) , in which 74 1756 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... Bishop of Ferns observes to me , amount to an absolute fraud , as a person might be chosen for the merits of a sermon not written by himself . - C . posals of considerable length ( 1 ) , in which 74 1756 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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الصفحة 7 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
الصفحة 8 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
الصفحة 9 - 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...
الصفحة 8 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
الصفحة 231 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
الصفحة 196 - To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit; he only bears crabs. But, sir, a tree that produces a great many crabs is better than a tree which produces only a few.
الصفحة 48 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
الصفحة 97 - HONOURED MADAM, — The account which Miss [Porter] gives me of your health pierces my heart. God comfort and preserve you and save you, for the sake of Jesus Christ. " I would have Miss read to you from time to time the passion of our Saviour, and sometimes the sentences in the communion service, beginning — ' Come unto me, all ye that travel and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
الصفحة 51 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
الصفحة 5 - ... declare, that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship. Nay, more ; I will not only obey him like an old Roman, as my dictator, but, like a modern Roman, I will implicitly believe in him as my Pope, and hold him to be infallible while in the chair, but no longer. More than this he cannot well require ; for, I presume, that obedience can never be expected, when...