The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... Authour in the dedication of his labours , concurs in directing me to you , as the person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a ...
... Authour in the dedication of his labours , concurs in directing me to you , as the person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a ...
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... my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or , - " If viii ADVERTISEMENT .
... my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or , - " If viii ADVERTISEMENT .
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... instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course of the History , is exhi- 2 1 bited by the Authour for the best advantage of ADVERTISEMENT . X.
... instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course of the History , is exhi- 2 1 bited by the Authour for the best advantage of ADVERTISEMENT . X.
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... Authour for the best advantage of his readers . - Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a ...
... Authour for the best advantage of his readers . - Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a ...
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... authour of Gustavus Vasa . acknowl . Marmor Norfolciense : or , an Essay on an ancient prophe- tical inscription in monkish rhyme , lately discovered near Lynne in Norfolk ; by PROBUS BRITANNICUS . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine ...
... authour of Gustavus Vasa . acknowl . Marmor Norfolciense : or , an Essay on an ancient prophe- tical inscription in monkish rhyme , lately discovered near Lynne in Norfolk ; by PROBUS BRITANNICUS . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine ...
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Seite 227 - 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 226 - 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; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Seite 226 - 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 native of the rocks.
Seite 194 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of...
Seite 372 - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Seite 225 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
Seite 54 - His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
Seite 164 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Seite 171 - 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 xxxii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.