The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 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; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 3G. Cowie, 1824 |
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... for his Italian expedi- tion . We lay this night at Loughborough . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our journey . VOL . III . a Anecdotes of Johnson , p . 176 . B 66 I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan complained of the THE ...
... for his Italian expedi- tion . We lay this night at Loughborough . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our journey . VOL . III . a Anecdotes of Johnson , p . 176 . B 66 I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan complained of the THE ...
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... tion , though necessary ; and secondly , to the timid con- cessions made to faction by successive administrations in the reign of his present Majesty . I am happy to think that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just ...
... tion , though necessary ; and secondly , to the timid con- cessions made to faction by successive administrations in the reign of his present Majesty . I am happy to think that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just ...
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... tion of reason , " is not altogether with him ; for it is held in the books , that an attack on the reputation even of a dead man , may be pu- nished as a libel , because tending to a breach of the peace . There is , however , I believe ...
... tion of reason , " is not altogether with him ; for it is held in the books , that an attack on the reputation even of a dead man , may be pu- nished as a libel , because tending to a breach of the peace . There is , however , I believe ...
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... tion , which is the broad and deep basis of Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primogeniture , or any other old and universally - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my " Letter ...
... tion , which is the broad and deep basis of Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primogeniture , or any other old and universally - acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it ? In my " Letter ...
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... tion of the above passage , as I should think myself very culpable not to subjoin . " This account is very inaccurate . The following statement of facts we know to be true , in every material circum- stance : -Shiels was the principal ...
... tion of the above passage , as I should think myself very culpable not to subjoin . " This account is very inaccurate . The following statement of facts we know to be true , in every material circum- stance : -Shiels was the principal ...
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Seite 169 - WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Seite 195 - Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
Seite 174 - Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Seite 162 - Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Seite 169 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Seite 60 - And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk to me as if I could not meet any company whatever, occasionally.
Seite 90 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 279 - From this pleasing subject, he, I know not how or why, made a sudden transition to one upon which he was a violent aggressor; for he said, " I am willing to love all mankind, except an American:" and his inflammable corruption bursting into horrid fire, he " breathed out threatenings and slaughter; " calling them, " Rascals — Robbers — Pirates;" and exclaiming, he'd
Seite 320 - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
Seite 337 - Is not modesty natural ?" JOHNSON. " I cannot say, Sir, as we find no people quite in a state of nature ; but, I think, the more they are taught, the more modest they are. The French are a gross, ill-bred, untaught people : a lady there will spit on the floor and rub it with her foot. What I gained by being in France was, learning to be better satisfied with my own country.