The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Band 21822 |
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... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be spes altera . So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater ...
... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be spes altera . So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater ...
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... Lord Caermarthen , now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to assure you ...
... Lord Caermarthen , now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to assure you ...
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... Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . " Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom do these things by halves ...
... Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . " Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom do these things by halves ...
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... Lord , for whose sake hear our prayers . Amen . Our father , & c . " I then kissed her . She told me , that to part was the greatest pain that she had ever felt , and that she hoped we should meet again in a better place . I expressed ...
... Lord , for whose sake hear our prayers . Amen . Our father , & c . " I then kissed her . She told me , that to part was the greatest pain that she had ever felt , and that she hoped we should meet again in a better place . I expressed ...
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... Lord Kames . " JOHNSON . " You have Lord Kames . Keep him ; ha , ha , ha ! We don't envy you him . Do you ever see Dr. Robertson ? " BOSWELL . " Yes , Sir . " JOHNSON . " Does the dog talk of me ? " BOSWELL . " Indeed , Sir , he does ...
... Lord Kames . " JOHNSON . " You have Lord Kames . Keep him ; ha , ha , ha ! We don't envy you him . Do you ever see Dr. Robertson ? " BOSWELL . " Yes , Sir . " JOHNSON . " Does the dog talk of me ? " BOSWELL . " Indeed , Sir , he does ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 301 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Seite 207 - Why, Dr. Johnson, this is not so easy as you seem to think; for if you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like WHALES.
Seite 424 - 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 314 - He made the common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience, when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease, and that they generally languish for want of their habitual occupation, and wish to return to it. He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined.
Seite 150 - 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 112 - the poor in England were better provided for than in any other country of the same extent: he did not mean little Cantons, or petty Republicks. Where a great proportion of the people...
Seite 205 - ... that the fear of something made him resolve ; it is upon the state of his mind, after the resolution is taken, that I argue. Suppose a man either from fear, or pride, or conscience, or whatever motive, has resolved to kill himself; when once the resolution is taken, he has nothing to fear. He may then go and take the King of Prussia by the nose, at the head of his army. He cannot fear the rack, who is resolved to kill himself. When Eustace...
Seite 1 - Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher.
Seite 211 - Yet there is no man whose company is more liked.' JOHNSON. 'To be sure, Sir. When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer, their inferiour while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.