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... obliged to Mr. Johnson for having undertaken and executed so great and de- sirable a work . Perfection is not to be expected from man ; but if we are to judge by the various works of Johnson already published , we have good reason to be ...
... obliged to Mr. Johnson for having undertaken and executed so great and de- sirable a work . Perfection is not to be expected from man ; but if we are to judge by the various works of Johnson already published , we have good reason to be ...
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... obliged to send you ; and beg that you will be so kind as to carry it to Mr. Warton , of Trinity , to whom I should have written immediately , but that I know not if he be yet come back to Oxford . " In the catalogue of MSS . of Gr ...
... obliged to send you ; and beg that you will be so kind as to carry it to Mr. Warton , of Trinity , to whom I should have written immediately , but that I know not if he be yet come back to Oxford . " In the catalogue of MSS . of Gr ...
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... obliged to you and to Mr. Wise , for the uncommon care which you have taken of my interest : if you can accomplish your kind design , I shall certainly take me a little habitation among you . " The books which I promised to Mr. Wise , I ...
... obliged to you and to Mr. Wise , for the uncommon care which you have taken of my interest : if you can accomplish your kind design , I shall certainly take me a little habitation among you . " The books which I promised to Mr. Wise , I ...
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... obliged , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 29 . TO THE SAME . - [ London , ] Dec. 21. 1754 . The " DEAR SIR , I am extremely sensible of the favour done me , both by Mr. Wise and yourself . book ( 4 ) cannot , I think , be printed in ...
... obliged , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 29 . TO THE SAME . - [ London , ] Dec. 21. 1754 . The " DEAR SIR , I am extremely sensible of the favour done me , both by Mr. Wise and yourself . book ( 4 ) cannot , I think , be printed in ...
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... obliged and affec- tionate , SAM . JOHNSON . " P.S. I have enclosed a letter to the Vice - Chan- cellor , which you will read ; and , if you like it , seal and give him . " As the public will doubtless be pleased to see the whole ...
... obliged and affec- tionate , SAM . JOHNSON . " P.S. I have enclosed a letter to the Vice - Chan- cellor , which you will read ; and , if you like it , seal and give him . " As the public will doubtless be pleased to see the whole ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards answer antè appear Baretti Beauclerk BENNET LANGTON Bishop Boswell Burke Burney called Charles Burney College conversation CROKER dear Sir death Dictionary died dine doubt Earl edition English Essay favour Garrick gave genius gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hawkins hear heard honour hope humble servant John Johnson Joseph Warton kind King lady Langton letter literary lived London Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lord Macartney LUCY PORTER Madam mankind mentioned merit mind Miss never observed once opinion Oxford pension perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet pounds published Rasselas received recollect Samuel Johnson seems Shakspeare Sheridan shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Robert Chambers suppose sure talk tell thing Thomas THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton William wish write written wrote
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Página 7 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página 8 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Página 9 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Página 8 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Página 231 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
Página 196 - To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit; he only bears crabs. But, sir, a tree that produces a great many crabs is better than a tree which produces only a few.
Página 48 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Página 97 - HONOURED MADAM, — The account which Miss [Porter] gives me of your health pierces my heart. God comfort and preserve you and save you, for the sake of Jesus Christ. " I would have Miss read to you from time to time the passion of our Saviour, and sometimes the sentences in the communion service, beginning — ' Come unto me, all ye that travel and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Página 51 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Página 5 - ... declare, that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship. Nay, more ; I will not only obey him like an old Roman, as my dictator, but, like a modern Roman, I will implicitly believe in him as my Pope, and hold him to be infallible while in the chair, but no longer. More than this he cannot well require ; for, I presume, that obedience can never be expected, when...