The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Band 11807 |
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... society ; and , after we have done Etat.57 . that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls . A youthful passion for abstracted devo- tion should not be encouraged . " I introduced the subject of second sight , and other ...
... society ; and , after we have done Etat.57 . that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls . A youthful passion for abstracted devo- tion should not be encouraged . " I introduced the subject of second sight , and other ...
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... society , and was just come from the Continent , where he was very generally admired . Nor can I yet allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pronounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage to civilised life ...
... society , and was just come from the Continent , where he was very generally admired . Nor can I yet allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pronounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage to civilised life ...
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... society in Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction ...
... society in Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction ...
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... society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet . " Talking of some of the modern plays , he said , " False Delicacy " was totally void of character ...
... society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet . " Talking of some of the modern plays , he said , " False Delicacy " was totally void of character ...
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... who is as good as Fielding would make him , is an amiable member of society , and may be led on by more regulated instructors , to a higher state of ethical perfection . Etat . 59 . Johnson proceeded ; " Even Sir '50 THE LIFE OF.
... who is as good as Fielding would make him , is an amiable member of society , and may be led on by more regulated instructors , to a higher state of ethical perfection . Etat . 59 . Johnson proceeded ; " Even Sir '50 THE LIFE OF.
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Seite 470 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Seite 356 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Seite 246 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Seite 228 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
Seite 49 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Seite 74 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Seite 191 - 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 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 257 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Seite 469 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.