The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Band 31821 |
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... Doctor of Medicine . Dr. Memis complained of this before the translation was printed , but was not indulged with having it altered ; and he has brought an action for damages , on account of a supposed injury , as if the designation ...
... Doctor of Medicine . Dr. Memis complained of this before the translation was printed , but was not indulged with having it altered ; and he has brought an action for damages , on account of a supposed injury , as if the designation ...
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... Doctor of Medicine instead of Physician . Boswell desires , being advocate for the corporation , to 1 [ His Lordship , notwithstanding his resolution , did commit his sentiments to paper , and in one of his notes affixed to his ...
... Doctor of Medicine instead of Physician . Boswell desires , being advocate for the corporation , to 1 [ His Lordship , notwithstanding his resolution , did commit his sentiments to paper , and in one of his notes affixed to his ...
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. know whether Doctor of Medicine is not a legitimate title , and whether it may be considered as a disad- vantageous distinction . I am to write to - night ; be ... Doctor of Medicine is not a legitimate ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. know whether Doctor of Medicine is not a legitimate title , and whether it may be considered as a disad- vantageous distinction . I am to write to - night ; be ... Doctor of Medicine is not a legitimate ...
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... Doctor of Physick ( we do not say Doctor of Medicine ) is the highest title that a practiser of physick can have ; that Doctor implies not only Physician , but teacher of physick ; that every Doctor is legally a Physician ; but no man ...
... Doctor of Physick ( we do not say Doctor of Medicine ) is the highest title that a practiser of physick can have ; that Doctor implies not only Physician , but teacher of physick ; that every Doctor is legally a Physician ; but no man ...
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... Doctor has every where delivered his senti- ments with freedom , and in many instances with a seeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade ...
... Doctor has every where delivered his senti- ments with freedom , and in many instances with a seeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration affectionate afraid afterwards appeared Ashbourne authour Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe booksellers BOSWELL TO DR censure character church Cibber compliments conversation Court of Session death dined dinner Doctor Doctor of Medicine Dodd doubt Edinburgh edition eminent England English Erse father favour Garrick gentleman give happy heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John Journey Judges King lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield lived London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Hailes's Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter madam manner mentioned mind never observed occasion opinion perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets printed publick racter recollect remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told truth Wilkes wish write written wrote
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Seite 50 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Seite 68 - I made a calculation, that if I should write but a page a day, at the same rate, I should, in ten years, write nine volumes in folio, of an ordinary size and print.
Seite 264 - Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Seite 87 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Seite 258 - Sir, I am obliged to Mr. Dilly. I will wait upon him — ' BOSWELL. 'Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have is agreeable to you.' JOHNSON. 'What do you mean, sir ? What do you take me for ? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table ?
Seite 276 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
Seite 290 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 69 - I wrote for some months in The Universal Visitor, for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. I hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine returned to me, and I wrote in The Universal Visitor no longer.
Seite 349 - The horror of death, which I had always observed in Dr. Johnson, appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable space of time. He said, " he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him.
Seite 173 - ... tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.