The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour to the Hebrides. New eds. with notes and appendices by A. Napier. [Followed by] Johnsoniana, ed. by R. Napier, Volume 11884 |
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... gentleman having come in who was to go as a mate in the 1 James Burnett , Lord Monboddo , descended from an old Scottish family , was born at Monboddo , the family seat , in October or November , 1714. He received the rudiments of his ...
... gentleman having come in who was to go as a mate in the 1 James Burnett , Lord Monboddo , descended from an old Scottish family , was born at Monboddo , the family seat , in October or November , 1714. He received the rudiments of his ...
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... gentleman answered , they were once to be called the " Drake " and the " Raleigh , " but now they were to be called the " Resolution " and the " Adventure . " JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the ' Raleigh ' returned without going ...
... gentleman answered , they were once to be called the " Drake " and the " Raleigh , " but now they were to be called the " Resolution " and the " Adventure . " JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the ' Raleigh ' returned without going ...
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... gentlemen from your places , and saying , ' We will be gentlemen in our turn ? ' Now , Sir , that respect for authority is much more easily granted to a man whose father has had it , than to an upstart , and so society is more easily ...
... gentlemen from your places , and saying , ' We will be gentlemen in our turn ? ' Now , Sir , that respect for authority is much more easily granted to a man whose father has had it , than to an upstart , and so society is more easily ...
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... gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention , and imposes perpetual constraint , is exceedingly dis- gusting . A small intermixture of provincial peculiarities may , perhaps , have an ...
... gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention , and imposes perpetual constraint , is exceedingly dis- gusting . A small intermixture of provincial peculiarities may , perhaps , have an ...
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... Gentleman . " Mr. Mickle , ' the translator of " The Lusiad , " and I , went to visit him at this place a few days after- wards . He was not at home ; but , having a curiosity to see his apartment , we went in , and found curious scraps ...
... Gentleman . " Mr. Mickle , ' the translator of " The Lusiad , " and I , went to visit him at this place a few days after- wards . He was not at home ; but , having a curiosity to see his apartment , we went in , and found curious scraps ...
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Página 190 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 433 - 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.
Página 171 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Página 316 - 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 travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.
Página 344 - 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 62 - I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
Página 349 - You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.
Página 134 - What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still.- For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines me to pay regard not to what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You may print this if you will.
Página 35 - Mr. Mickle, the translator of The Lusiad, and I went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Página 332 - Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London.