The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... thing to depend on , fave the affiftance of a kind and indulgent parent . At that time the trade of a country bookfeller , even in a city where was a cathedral and an incorporation of ecclefiaftics , was lefs profitable than it is now ...
... thing to depend on , fave the affiftance of a kind and indulgent parent . At that time the trade of a country bookfeller , even in a city where was a cathedral and an incorporation of ecclefiaftics , was lefs profitable than it is now ...
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... thing peculiar of that kind in any author . ' A like propenfity to reading , and an equal celerity in the practice thereof , were obfervable in Johnfon : it was wonderful to fee , when he took up a book , with what eagerness he perufed ...
... thing peculiar of that kind in any author . ' A like propenfity to reading , and an equal celerity in the practice thereof , were obfervable in Johnfon : it was wonderful to fee , when he took up a book , with what eagerness he perufed ...
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... thing of the kind . In fhort , the editors of the Historical Register , were the members of a fociety , affociated about the year above - mentioned , for the purpose of insurance from fire , which , from the badge affumed by them ...
... thing of the kind . In fhort , the editors of the Historical Register , were the members of a fociety , affociated about the year above - mentioned , for the purpose of insurance from fire , which , from the badge affumed by them ...
الصفحة 52
... thing to moral tuition , and defcribes a mind , in which , as in a ne- glected garden , weeds , without the least obstruction , were fuffered to grow into luxuriance : nature had en- dowed him with fine parts , and thofe he cultivated ...
... thing to moral tuition , and defcribes a mind , in which , as in a ne- glected garden , weeds , without the least obstruction , were fuffered to grow into luxuriance : nature had en- dowed him with fine parts , and thofe he cultivated ...
الصفحة 56
... writing , even in Chriftian times , from the imputation of malevolence and the want of that cha- rity which is not eafily provoked , and endureth all 6 things . ' The The poem was finished , as appears by a manufcript 56 THE LIFE OF.
... writing , even in Chriftian times , from the imputation of malevolence and the want of that cha- rity which is not eafily provoked , and endureth all 6 things . ' The The poem was finished , as appears by a manufcript 56 THE LIFE OF.
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affertion affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer becauſe beſt bookfellers cafe cenfure character cifes circumftances compofed confequence converfation courfe courſe defign defire difpofed effays Engliſh exerciſe faid fame fatire favour fcarce feemed feen fenfe fent fentiments fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon fpeech fpirit friends friendſhip ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport Garrick Gentleman's Magazine hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe inferted inftance inftruction intereft Johnfon labour laft learning lefs letter Lichfield living lord mafter meaſure mind minifter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity never obfervation occafion paffed perfon perufal phyfician pleaſe pleaſure poem prefent profeffion publiſhed purpoſe queftion racter reafon refolution refpect ſchool ſeems ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfity uſe vifit whereof whofe wife writings
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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.