LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).1874 |
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... means dull - sighted , all his life . At the age of thirty months he had been taken to London to be touched for the evil by Queen Anne : Boswell naïvely remarks that " the touch was of no effect . " Being asked , in after life , if he ...
... means dull - sighted , all his life . At the age of thirty months he had been taken to London to be touched for the evil by Queen Anne : Boswell naïvely remarks that " the touch was of no effect . " Being asked , in after life , if he ...
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... mean henceforth to turn a deaf ear to her syren strains . ] Such a manly little resolution from a mere child must have sprung from something quite as healthful and strong as any religious impulse could well be imagined to be . After an ...
... mean henceforth to turn a deaf ear to her syren strains . ] Such a manly little resolution from a mere child must have sprung from something quite as healthful and strong as any religious impulse could well be imagined to be . After an ...
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... meaning of thy gift impart , And ease the throbbings of an anxious heart ! Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " Verses like these would not , it is to be feared , kindle any ...
... meaning of thy gift impart , And ease the throbbings of an anxious heart ! Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " Verses like these would not , it is to be feared , kindle any ...
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... meaning too much . If there ever lived a man who is to be taken , not at his own valuation , but greatly above it , that man was Samuel Johnson . He was always his own severest critic ; and such an one has very little to fear from the ...
... meaning too much . If there ever lived a man who is to be taken , not at his own valuation , but greatly above it , that man was Samuel Johnson . He was always his own severest critic ; and such an one has very little to fear from the ...
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... means common , of getting at the soul of a work very easily and very He would suck the marrow out of a book as a weasel sucks eggs . " All that was really valuable in the literature that came before him he thus made his own , and ...
... means common , of getting at the soul of a work very easily and very He would suck the marrow out of a book as a weasel sucks eggs . " All that was really valuable in the literature that came before him he thus made his own , and ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
affectionate afterwards April 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 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 Oliver Goldsmith once Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise Pray prayers Rambler received remarked Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seems Sheridan Sir Joshua Reynolds soon speak SPILSBY Streatham suppose sure talk tell things THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth whole wish words write written wrote young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 388 - 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 111 - 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 388 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Página 247 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 357 - 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 257 - 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.
Página 198 - When Sir Joshua mentioned this to Dr. Johnson, he was much displeased with the actor's conceit. 'He'll be of us, (said Johnson) how does he know we will permit him ? The first Duke in England has no right to hold such language.
Página 227 - Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, Sir ; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another.
Página 100 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Página 61 - 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,