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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... given for a subject : " THE VASE SPEAKS . " For Heaven's sake bestow on me , A little wit , for that would be , Indeed , an act of charity . " 3 The Rev. Mr. Graves , according to Croker . " An eminent tallow - chandler in London , who ...
... given for a subject : " THE VASE SPEAKS . " For Heaven's sake bestow on me , A little wit , for that would be , Indeed , an act of charity . " 3 The Rev. Mr. Graves , according to Croker . " An eminent tallow - chandler in London , who ...
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... given me leave to bring with me . This learned gentleman was thus gratified with a very high intellectual feast , by not only being in company with Dr. Johnson , but with General Oglethorpe , who had been so long a celebrated name both ...
... given me leave to bring with me . This learned gentleman was thus gratified with a very high intellectual feast , by not only being in company with Dr. Johnson , but with General Oglethorpe , who had been so long a celebrated name both ...
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... given to support itself ; so that it cannot reward merit . No man , for instance , can now be made a Bishop for his learning and piety ; his only chance for promotion is his being connected with somebody who has parliamentary interest ...
... given to support itself ; so that it cannot reward merit . No man , for instance , can now be made a Bishop for his learning and piety ; his only chance for promotion is his being connected with somebody who has parliamentary interest ...
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... given the greatest offence , was no more than what happens at every minister's levee , where those who attend are admitted in the order that they have come , which is better than admitting them according to their rank ; for if that were ...
... given the greatest offence , was no more than what happens at every minister's levee , where those who attend are admitted in the order that they have come , which is better than admitting them according to their rank ; for if that were ...
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... given up his business as a linen - draper and sempster , and was only an authour ; and added , " that he was a great panegyrist . " BOSWELL . " No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others ...
... given up his business as a linen - draper and sempster , and was only an authour ; and added , " that he was a great panegyrist . " BOSWELL . " No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others ...
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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.