The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Band 1Macmillan, 1922 |
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... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
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... truth . " 1 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the ...
... truth . " 1 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the ...
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... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the domestic companion of a super- annuated lord and lady , ' conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece ...
... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the domestic companion of a super- annuated lord and lady , ' conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece ...
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... truth is , that the appel- lation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of Esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
... truth is , that the appel- lation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of Esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
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... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told , ' that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told , ' that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
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Seite 186 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Seite 187 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Seite 186 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Seite 371 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Seite 142 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Seite 186 - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Seite 191 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Seite 348 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Seite 401 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Seite 505 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all