The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... gives it more weight . ' I thought I had gone too far , but dinner was then announced , and Dilly , who paid all ... give his opinion of men and things , of which he is very free . ... Talking of the Scotch ( after Boswell was gone ) ...
... gives it more weight . ' I thought I had gone too far , but dinner was then announced , and Dilly , who paid all ... give his opinion of men and things , of which he is very free . ... Talking of the Scotch ( after Boswell was gone ) ...
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... give precepts for uniting wickedness and the graces ? A man , indeed , is not genteel when he gets drunk ; but most vices may be committed very genteely : a man may debauch his friend's wife genteely he may cheat at cards genteely ...
... give precepts for uniting wickedness and the graces ? A man , indeed , is not genteel when he gets drunk ; but most vices may be committed very genteely : a man may debauch his friend's wife genteely he may cheat at cards genteely ...
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... give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that he should employ what time he has to himself ... gives a very great proportion of his time . It is wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac ...
... give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that he should employ what time he has to himself ... gives a very great proportion of his time . It is wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac ...
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... give the world his Life.1 He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished with materials , I should be very glad to write it . " " a Mr. Scott of Amwell's Elegies were lying in the room . Johnson ...
... give the world his Life.1 He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished with materials , I should be very glad to write it . " " a Mr. Scott of Amwell's Elegies were lying in the room . Johnson ...
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... give up a very large sum of money , " for which nobody thanked him . It was of consequence to the King , but nothing to the publick , among whom it was divided . When I say Lord Bute advised , I mean , that such acts were done when he ...
... give up a very large sum of money , " for which nobody thanked him . It was of consequence to the King , but nothing to the publick , among whom it was divided . When I say Lord Bute advised , I mean , that such acts were done when he ...
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Página 436 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 211 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Página 81 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
Página 470 - 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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 81 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
Página 444 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Página 403 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Página 444 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Página 142 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Página 219 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.