Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His CriticsSmith, Elder, 1878 - 345 páginas |
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... to write about Johnson would justly incur the same kind of criticism as that which Johnson himself passed on one of the writers of his time . ' How , ' he says ' must the unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that.
... to write about Johnson would justly incur the same kind of criticism as that which Johnson himself passed on one of the writers of his time . ' How , ' he says ' must the unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that.
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George Birkbeck Norman Hill. unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that Mr. Blackwell has neither digged in the ruins of any demolished city , nor found out the way to the library of Fez , nor had a single book in his hands ...
George Birkbeck Norman Hill. unlearned reader be surprised when he shall be told that Mr. Blackwell has neither digged in the ruins of any demolished city , nor found out the way to the library of Fez , nor had a single book in his hands ...
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... told of his own sufferings , that when in his old age he tried to read them aloud he burst into a passion of tears . The eagerness , the ambition , the enthusiasm with which he entered Oxford were soon deadened . He came to a place rich ...
... told of his own sufferings , that when in his old age he tried to read them aloud he burst into a passion of tears . The eagerness , the ambition , the enthusiasm with which he entered Oxford were soon deadened . He came to a place rich ...
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... were no less than five Cambridge men in the room . I did not , ' said he , ' think of that till you told me , but the wolf does not count the sheep . ' In speaking of a Cambridge friend for whom he had a high OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME . II.
... were no less than five Cambridge men in the room . I did not , ' said he , ' think of that till you told me , but the wolf does not count the sheep . ' In speaking of a Cambridge friend for whom he had a high OXFORD IN JOHNSON'S TIME . II.
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... told him what Adams had said , and he exclaimed , ' That was liberal and noble . ' But the tutors of Pembroke , if they were not very able , were at least honest men , and did their duty . Of one of them , Jorden , he said , ' Whenever ...
... told him what Adams had said , and he exclaimed , ' That was liberal and noble . ' But the tutors of Pembroke , if they were not very able , were at least honest men , and did their duty . Of one of them , Jorden , he said , ' Whenever ...
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Página 237 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent: 850 tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; hae tibi erunt artes; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos.
Página 219 - 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 64 - The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Página 8 - O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Página 50 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Página 141 - 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. The lines were not very good, but I .knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.
Página 1 - To the University of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother.
Página 213 - ... life, which, at a very early period, marked his character, gathered such strength in his twentieth year, as to afflict him in a dreadful manner. While he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729 ', he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience ; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery.
Página 198 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Página 266 - He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleetditch.