Boswell's Life of JohnsonC. Scribner's sons, 1917 - 574 Seiten |
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... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
... took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from ...
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... to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- L fered . When at Oxford , I took up 1729] ...
... to go to church . I then became a sort of lax talker against religion , for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suf- L fered . When at Oxford , I took up 1729] ...
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... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
... took most delight , and it was long before he liked his Epistles and Satires . He told me what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek ; not the Grecian historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little Epigram ; that the ...
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... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
... took that trouble with any other com- position ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it than Johnson ...
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... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
... took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Blackstone , and others ; not forgetting the ...
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Seite 64 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;*— * that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Seite 127 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Seite 65 - 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 190 - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. 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
Seite 230 - I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Seite 119 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
Seite 64 - 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.
Seite 64 - I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Publick should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "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...
Seite 107 - ... him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
Seite 339 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.