Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 197 Seiten |
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... return had intended to devote him- self to literature , and to write his History of England , which he had planned to extend from the accession of James II . to the death of George IV . LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MACAULAY xxxiii.
... return had intended to devote him- self to literature , and to write his History of England , which he had planned to extend from the accession of James II . to the death of George IV . LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MACAULAY xxxiii.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay William Schuyler. James II . to the death of George IV . But the Whig ministry needed all the support they could get . He was returned to Parliament as member for Edinburgh in 1839 , and soon ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay William Schuyler. James II . to the death of George IV . But the Whig ministry needed all the support they could get . He was returned to Parliament as member for Edinburgh in 1839 , and soon ...
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... death of Will- iam III . was published in 1860 , after his death . ... There is no space here to discuss adequately the merits and defects of this monumental work . It is suf- ficient to say that its enormous popularity was due to ...
... death of Will- iam III . was published in 1860 , after his death . ... There is no space here to discuss adequately the merits and defects of this monumental work . It is suf- ficient to say that its enormous popularity was due to ...
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... death were partly illumined by the honors which came too late for their full enjoyment . He was elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University , made a fellow of the Royal Society , elected a foreign member of the Institution of France , and ...
... death were partly illumined by the honors which came too late for their full enjoyment . He was elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University , made a fellow of the Royal Society , elected a foreign member of the Institution of France , and ...
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... death ; and he shud- dered at every sight or sound which reminded him of the inevitable hour . In religion he found but little com- fort during his long and frequent fits of dejection ; 25 A. pro been : His 5 yet la . he SAMUEL JOHNSON 7.
... death ; and he shud- dered at every sight or sound which reminded him of the inevitable hour . In religion he found but little com- fort during his long and frequent fits of dejection ; 25 A. pro been : His 5 yet la . he SAMUEL JOHNSON 7.
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Seite 79 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Seite 79 - Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Seite 156 - His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the top of his head, and the sleeves of his shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance.
Seite 84 - ... principle, I give my vote for Mr. Johnson to fill that great and arduous post. And I hereby 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...
Seite 85 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all.
Seite 26 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year.
Seite 92 - What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still.
Seite 84 - 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; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all...
Seite 111 - The characteristic peculiarity of his intellect was the union of great powers with low prejudices. If we judged of him by the best parts of his mind, we should place him almost as high as he was placed by the idolatry of Boswell ; if by the worst parts of his mind, we should place him even below Boswell himself.
Seite 121 - When he talked, he clothed his wit and his sense in forcible and natural expressions. As soon as he took his pen in his hand to write for the public, his style became systematically vicious.