The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... present heraldry , it may be said , is suited to the barbarous times in which it had its origin . It is chiefly founded upon ferocious 8 Mrs. Burney informs me that she heard Dr. Johnson say , “ An English Merchant is a new species of ...
... present heraldry , it may be said , is suited to the barbarous times in which it had its origin . It is chiefly founded upon ferocious 8 Mrs. Burney informs me that she heard Dr. Johnson say , “ An English Merchant is a new species of ...
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... present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been increased by all that I have been told of you by yourself or others ; and when you return , you will return to an ...
... present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been increased by all that I have been told of you by yourself or others ; and when you return , you will return to an ...
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... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familie de Bute spes prima ; and my Lord Mountstuart as his eldest son , to be spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . l . 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , ' who was the present ' spes , ' the ...
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familie de Bute spes prima ; and my Lord Mountstuart as his eldest son , to be spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . l . 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , ' who was the present ' spes , ' the ...
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... present power or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the continuance of every language , how- ever narrow in its extent , or ...
... present power or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the continuance of every language , how- ever narrow in its extent , or ...
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... present claim to disavow , Had long reserved a chaplet for his brow . He bows , obeys : for Time shall first expire , Ere Johnson stay , when Virtue bids retire . " * See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 . The ...
... present claim to disavow , Had long reserved a chaplet for his brow . He bows , obeys : for Time shall first expire , Ere Johnson stay , when Virtue bids retire . " * See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 . The ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration afraid answered appeared asked authour Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON called character church compliments consider conversation Court dined Edinburgh edition eminent England Erse favour Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge King lady Langton laugh learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner ment mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick racter reason remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth wish wonder write written wrote
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Seite 363 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Seite 326 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Seite 190 - I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.
Seite 213 - ... else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done. I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy, that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public.
Seite 123 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
Seite 173 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
Seite 323 - I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travels," —" When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.
Seite 90 - ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast h'er shoe to the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it.
Seite 260 - I remember one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said — ' We are all in labour for a name to Goldy's play,' Goldsmith seemed displeased that such a liberty should be taken with his name, and said, ' I have often desired him not to call me Goldy.
Seite 233 - For instance, (said he), the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads, and envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill (continued he,) consists in making them talk like little fishes.