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 31884 |
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... attention to Mrs. Williams Molly Aston Parson Ford Dispute on the influence of character in success in life Two celebrated speeches of Lord Chesterfield written by Johnson . Letters to and from Boswell Johnson's horror of vows 1779 . Æt ...
... attention to Mrs. Williams Molly Aston Parson Ford Dispute on the influence of character in success in life Two celebrated speeches of Lord Chesterfield written by Johnson . Letters to and from Boswell Johnson's horror of vows 1779 . Æt ...
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... attention to other topics . DR . MAYO ( to Dr. Johnson ) . " Pray , Sir , have you read Edwards , of New England , on Grace ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " BOSWELL . " It puzzled me so much as to the freedom of the human will , by stating ...
... attention to other topics . DR . MAYO ( to Dr. Johnson ) . " Pray , Sir , have you read Edwards , of New England , on Grace ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " BOSWELL . " It puzzled me so much as to the freedom of the human will , by stating ...
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... attention and anxiety that the sale should not suffer the smallest decrease , that he would name a particular person who he heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month . " " It ...
... attention and anxiety that the sale should not suffer the smallest decrease , that he would name a particular person who he heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month . " " It ...
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... attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not selling his first volume at a moderate price to the ...
... attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not selling his first volume at a moderate price to the ...
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... attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imagi- nary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of enlarging ...
... attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imagi- nary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of enlarging ...
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Página 372 - 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 473 - 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 stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 322 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ? "
Página 389 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tired with waiting for this chemic gold, Which fools us young, and...
Página 477 - Signed, sealed, published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Página 201 - 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...
Página 176 - Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Página 328 - I went to bed, and in a short time waked and sat up, as has been long my custom, when I felt a confusion and indistinctness in my head, which lasted, I suppose, about half a minute. I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would spare my understanding. This prayer, that I might try the integrity of my faculties, I made in Latin verse.
Página 217 - 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 78 - ... uncomfortable his home was made by the perpetual jarring of those whom he charitably accommodated under his roof. He has sometimes suffered me to talk jocularly of his group of females, and call them his Seraglio. He thus mentions them, together with honest Levett, in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale : 1 "Williams hates every body ; Levett hates Desmoulins, and does not love Williams ; Desmoulins hates them both ; Poll 2 loves none of them.