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... talk , so he expresses it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain ...
... talk , so he expresses it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain ...
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... talking of his children . " 1 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at ...
... talking of his children . " 1 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at ...
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... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow ...
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow ...
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... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
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... talking to himself than to his companion . " Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
... talking to himself than to his companion . " Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
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Página 186 - 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? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 187 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Página 186 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Página 371 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Página 142 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Página 186 - ... 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 favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Página 191 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Página 348 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 401 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Página 505 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all