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... mind to see what is done in other places of learn- ing . I'll go and visit the universities abroad . I'll go to France and Italy . I'll go to Padua - and I'll mind my business : for an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads ...
... mind to see what is done in other places of learn- ing . I'll go and visit the universities abroad . I'll go to France and Italy . I'll go to Padua - and I'll mind my business : for an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads ...
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... of the modern libraries of the university were more commo- dious and pleasant for study , as being more spacious and airy , he replied , “ Sir , if a man has a mind to prance , he must study at Christ Church and All 10 JOHNSONIANA .
... of the modern libraries of the university were more commo- dious and pleasant for study , as being more spacious and airy , he replied , “ Sir , if a man has a mind to prance , he must study at Christ Church and All 10 JOHNSONIANA .
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... mind is not de- bauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge . " He said of Garrick : " He has not Latin enough . He finds out the Latin by the meaning rather than the meaning by the Latin . " He once remarked he ...
... mind is not de- bauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge . " He said of Garrick : " He has not Latin enough . He finds out the Latin by the meaning rather than the meaning by the Latin . " He once remarked he ...
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... mind is employed in fixing the attention , so there is but half to be employed on what we read . I read Fielding's Amelia through , without stop- ping . * If a man begins to read in the middle of a book , and feels an inclination to go ...
... mind is employed in fixing the attention , so there is but half to be employed on what we read . I read Fielding's Amelia through , without stop- ping . * If a man begins to read in the middle of a book , and feels an inclination to go ...
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... mind to a particular object : by so doing , sir Fletcher Norton has made himself the great lawyer he is al- lowed to be . " A schoolmaster in Scotland was , by a court of in- ferior jurisdiction , deprived of his office , for being ...
... mind to a particular object : by so doing , sir Fletcher Norton has made himself the great lawyer he is al- lowed to be . " A schoolmaster in Scotland was , by a court of in- ferior jurisdiction , deprived of his office , for being ...
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afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation David Garrick dine doubt drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour human humour instance Jacobite John Johnson observed judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion pleased poem poor principles racter religion remark says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
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Página 89 - 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 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
Página 7 - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them leant, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped — and gets his task — and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief : you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Página 6 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod: 'I would rather,' said he, 'have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and...
Página 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Página 104 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Página 80 - 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!
Página 89 - ... Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there...
Página 135 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Página 38 - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.