Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell).Chapman and Hall, 1874 - 441 páginas |
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... Madam , pure ignorance . " The lady must have been silenced on the spot . It fared still worse with another lady who once said to him : " I am glad , Doctor , that you have kept out all the nasty words . " - JOHNSON : " O , then , Madam ...
... Madam , pure ignorance . " The lady must have been silenced on the spot . It fared still worse with another lady who once said to him : " I am glad , Doctor , that you have kept out all the nasty words . " - JOHNSON : " O , then , Madam ...
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... MADAM , " Jan. 13 , 1759 . " The account which Miss [ Porter ] gives me of your health pierces my heart . God comfort , and preserve you , and save you , for the sake of Jesus Christ . " I would have Miss read to you from time to time ...
... MADAM , " Jan. 13 , 1759 . " The account which Miss [ Porter ] gives me of your health pierces my heart . God comfort , and preserve you , and save you , for the sake of Jesus Christ . " I would have Miss read to you from time to time ...
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... MADAM , " June 8 , 1762 . " I hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could proceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the ...
... MADAM , " June 8 , 1762 . " I hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could proceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the ...
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... Madam , how unwillingly con- viction is admitted , when interest opposes it ; but surely , Madam , you must allow , that there is no reason why that should be done by me , which every other man may do with equal reason , and which ...
... Madam , how unwillingly con- viction is admitted , when interest opposes it ; but surely , Madam , you must allow , that there is no reason why that should be done by me , which every other man may do with equal reason , and which ...
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... Madam , I am now become a convert to your way of thinking . I am convinced that all man- kind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestion- able proof , Madam , that I am in earnest , here is a very sensible , civil , well ...
... Madam , I am now become a convert to your way of thinking . I am convinced that all man- kind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestion- able proof , Madam , that I am in earnest , here is a very sensible , civil , well ...
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Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell). Alexander Main Visualização integral - 1874 |
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affectionate afterwards Ashbourne asked Author Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Boswell's Brocklesby called character compliments conversation David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary dine dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink eyes favour feeling Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith guineas happy hear heart Hebrides honour hope human humble servant JAMES BOSWELL journey kind King lady laughing learning letter Levett Lichfield LINCOLNSHIRE literary live London look Lord LUCY PORTER Madam man's mentioned mind Miss morning never night observed occasion once Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise Pray prayers Rambler received remarked Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seems Sheridan Sir Joshua Reynolds speak SPILSBY Streatham suppose sure talk tell things THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth University of Oxford whole wish words write written wrote young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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,
Página 390 - The busy day, the peaceful night, " Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; " His frame was firm, his powers were bright, " Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, " No cold gradations of decay, " Death broke at once the vital chain, " And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 115 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England !" ' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Página 249 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 438 - Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will ; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres ? what are houses ? Only dirt, or wet or dry. Should the guardian friend or mother, Tell the woes of wilful waste : Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother, — You can hang or drown at last.
Página 112 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to 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.
Página 359 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 436 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 15 - By spending threepence in a coffeehouse, he might be for some hours every day in very good company ; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on bread and milk for a penny, and do without supper. On clean-shirt-day he went abroad, and paid visits.
Página 259 - Never heed such nonsense,' would be the reply : ' a blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. Let us, if we do talk, talk about something : men and women are my subjects of inquiry ; let us see how these differ from those we have left behind.