The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Band 31821 |
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... perhaps , no pious mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are ...
... perhaps , no pious mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are ...
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... perhaps , more in notions than in facts , the matter is not great , and the second edition will be mended , if any such there be . The press will go on slowly for a time , because I am going into Wales to - morrow . 2 " I should be very ...
... perhaps , more in notions than in facts , the matter is not great , and the second edition will be mended , if any such there be . The press will go on slowly for a time , because I am going into Wales to - morrow . 2 " I should be very ...
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... perhaps above their merits , but of no great advantage to the writer . She hopes , therefore , that she shall not be considered as too indulgent to vanity , or too studious of interest , if from that labour which has hitherto been ...
... perhaps above their merits , but of no great advantage to the writer . She hopes , therefore , that she shall not be considered as too indulgent to vanity , or too studious of interest , if from that labour which has hitherto been ...
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... perhaps point out the most exceptionable places ; but at present I am in the country , and have not his book at hand . It is plain he meant to speak well of Scotland ; and he has in my apprehension done us great honour in the most ...
... perhaps point out the most exceptionable places ; but at present I am in the country , and have not his book at hand . It is plain he meant to speak well of Scotland ; and he has in my apprehension done us great honour in the most ...
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... perhaps . England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to guide their mea- sures : but Whigs ...
... perhaps . England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to guide their mea- sures : but Whigs ...
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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.