The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... mentioned , Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon it being observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made ...
... mentioned , Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon it being observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made ...
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... mentioned , he held them very cheap : “ Bouts rimés , ( said he , ) is a mere conceit , and an old conceit now ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady . " I named a gentleman of his acquaintance , who ...
... mentioned , he held them very cheap : “ Bouts rimés , ( said he , ) is a mere conceit , and an old conceit now ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady . " I named a gentleman of his acquaintance , who ...
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... mentioned that Dr. Thomas Campbell had come from Ireland to London , principally to see Dr. Johnson . He seemed angry at this observation . DAVIES . " Why , you know , Sir , there came a man from Spain to see Livy ; and Corelli came to ...
... mentioned that Dr. Thomas Campbell had come from Ireland to London , principally to see Dr. Johnson . He seemed angry at this observation . DAVIES . " Why , you know , Sir , there came a man from Spain to see Livy ; and Corelli came to ...
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... mentioned Addison's having borrowed many of his classical remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , " It was alleged that he had borrowed also from another Italian authour . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , all who go to look for ...
... mentioned Addison's having borrowed many of his classical remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , " It was alleged that he had borrowed also from another Italian authour . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , all who go to look for ...
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... mentioned an eminent person , whom we all greatly admired . JOHNSON . " Sir , I do not say that he is not honest ; but we have no reason to conclude from his political conduct that he is honest . Were he to accept of a place from this ...
... mentioned an eminent person , whom we all greatly admired . JOHNSON . " Sir , I do not say that he is not honest ; but we have no reason to conclude from his political conduct that he is honest . Were he to accept of a place from this ...
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Página 436 - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 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; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 211 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Página 81 - 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 470 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 81 - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
Página 444 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Página 403 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Página 444 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Página 142 - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
Página 219 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.