The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Volume 11807 |
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... Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
... Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
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... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a reli- gious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a reli- gious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
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... t know what to think of him . " He then rose up , strided to the fire , and stood for some time laugh- ing and exulting . I told him that I had several times when in Italy , Etat . 59 . seen the experiment of placing a 54 THE LIFE OF.
... t know what to think of him . " He then rose up , strided to the fire , and stood for some time laugh- ing and exulting . I told him that I had several times when in Italy , Etat . 59 . seen the experiment of placing a 54 THE LIFE OF.
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... Italy is a very entertaining book ; and , Sir , I know no man who carries his head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples ...
... Italy is a very entertaining book ; and , Sir , I know no man who carries his head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples ...
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... Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and understood one another very well , with a little aid of interpretation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's approach , the General ...
... Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and understood one another very well , with a little aid of interpretation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's approach , the General ...
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Página 470 - 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 356 - 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 246 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Página 228 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow.
Página 49 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does convince him, why, then. Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Página 74 - Talking of a London life, he said: " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Página 191 - I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
Página 6 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Página 257 - Sir, that is because at first she has full time and makes her nest deliberately. In the case you mention she is pressed to lay, and must therefore make her nest quickly, and consequently it will be slight." GOLDSMITH. " The nidification of birds is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.
Página 469 - 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 is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.