The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Volume 81835 |
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... put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real . — C. - wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have re- 22 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real . — C. - wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have re- 22 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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James Boswell John Wright. wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have re- turned the money to his friend , which it is not pretended he did . ' 6 ' This too , ' he added , might be retorted by an advocate for Steele , who might ...
James Boswell John Wright. wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have re- turned the money to his friend , which it is not pretended he did . ' 6 ' This too , ' he added , might be retorted by an advocate for Steele , who might ...
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... afterwards . " [ Did not much want ] was in no great need of im- provement . " But his prosperity did not last long [ was clouded with that which took away all his powers of enjoying either profit or pleasure , the death of his wife ...
... afterwards . " [ Did not much want ] was in no great need of im- provement . " But his prosperity did not last long [ was clouded with that which took away all his powers of enjoying either profit or pleasure , the death of his wife ...
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... afterwards learned , that however he might have lamented his wife , his end was hastened by other means . - M. The com- mon story combines both these causes ; for it is said , that the loss of his wife led poor Parnell into such ...
... afterwards learned , that however he might have lamented his wife , his end was hastened by other means . - M. The com- mon story combines both these causes ; for it is said , that the loss of his wife led poor Parnell into such ...
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... Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816. See Gent . Mag . for May , 1816 . ( 2 ) Gentleman's Magazine , vol . lv . p . 10 . ( 3 ) Mr. Burke . — M. - felicity , " It has all the contortions of the ÆTAT ...
... Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816. See Gent . Mag . for May , 1816 . ( 2 ) Gentleman's Magazine , vol . lv . p . 10 . ( 3 ) Mr. Burke . — M. - felicity , " It has all the contortions of the ÆTAT ...
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Página 394 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 81 - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Página 120 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Página 44 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
Página 270 - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
Página 67 - 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; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 383 - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
Página 84 - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Página 279 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Página 72 - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him