The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland, 1787 |
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... learning were meet for the people , -and were wife and eloquent in their in- ftructions , and fuch as recited verfes in writing * . ' In each of these faculties did the perfon , whofe hiftory I am about to write , fo greatly excel ...
... learning were meet for the people , -and were wife and eloquent in their in- ftructions , and fuch as recited verfes in writing * . ' In each of these faculties did the perfon , whofe hiftory I am about to write , fo greatly excel ...
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... learning foon attracted the notice of his teachers ; and among other difcernible qualities that diftinguished him from the reft of the fchool , he was bold , active and enterprifing , fo that without affecting it , the feniors in the ...
... learning foon attracted the notice of his teachers ; and among other difcernible qualities that diftinguished him from the reft of the fchool , he was bold , active and enterprifing , fo that without affecting it , the feniors in the ...
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... learning far exceeded us , we endeavoured by every boyifh piece of flattery to gain his affiftance , and three of us , by turns , used to call on him in a morning , on one of whofe backs , fupported by the other two , he rode ...
... learning far exceeded us , we endeavoured by every boyifh piece of flattery to gain his affiftance , and three of us , by turns , used to call on him in a morning , on one of whofe backs , fupported by the other two , he rode ...
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... learning , his favourite objects were claffical literature , ethics , and theology , in the latter whereof he laid the foundation by ftudying the Fa- thers . If we may judge from the magnitude of his Adverfaria , which I have now by me ...
... learning , his favourite objects were claffical literature , ethics , and theology , in the latter whereof he laid the foundation by ftudying the Fa- thers . If we may judge from the magnitude of his Adverfaria , which I have now by me ...
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... learning , and to whom mankind have the higheft obligations ; but lamented that the race was nearly extinct . As Johnson's ftay at the univerfity was not long enough for him to complete his ftudies , it is natural to fuppofe , that at ...
... learning , and to whom mankind have the higheft obligations ; but lamented that the race was nearly extinct . As Johnson's ftay at the univerfity was not long enough for him to complete his ftudies , it is natural to fuppofe , that at ...
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الصفحة 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
الصفحة 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
الصفحة 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
الصفحة 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
الصفحة 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
الصفحة 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
الصفحة 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
الصفحة 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
الصفحة 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
الصفحة 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.