The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably ex- perience such cessations of acquaintance . 66 66 My knowledge of ...
... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably ex- perience such cessations of acquaintance . 66 66 My knowledge of ...
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... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
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... set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross men you meet , and hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29th , he and I made ETAT . 67. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
... set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross men you meet , and hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29th , he and I made ETAT . 67. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
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... hear it said very gravely , Why was not the half guinea thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ? ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than the ...
... hear it said very gravely , Why was not the half guinea thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ? ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than the ...
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... hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the duke of Marlborough . He came into a coffee - house one day , and told that his grace had spoken in the house of lords for half an hour . Did he indeed speak ...
... hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the duke of Marlborough . He came into a coffee - house one day , and told that his grace had spoken in the house of lords for half an hour . Did he indeed speak ...
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Página 156 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Página 156 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 161 - 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.
Página 150 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Página 273 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Página 237 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Página 196 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 57 - Too, too, too," (under his breath,) which was one of his habitual mutterings. Mr. Arthur Lee could not but be very obnoxious to Johnson, for he was not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the Court of Madrid. " And who is the gentleman in lace 1 " —
Página 56 - I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a very worthy man, has frequently had agreeable parties at his house for Dr. Johnson, and will be vexed if the Doctor neglects him today. And then, Madam, be pleased to consider my situation; I carried the message, and I assured Mr.
Página 83 - 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.