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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... wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of con- versation and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however ...
... wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of con- versation and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however ...
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... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has ...
... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has ...
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... wonderful how little mind she had . Sir , she had never read the tragedy of Macbeth all through . She no more thought of the play out of which her part was taken , than Mrs. Thrale adds ( Marginalia ) that the actress gave Johnson her ...
... wonderful how little mind she had . Sir , she had never read the tragedy of Macbeth all through . She no more thought of the play out of which her part was taken , than Mrs. Thrale adds ( Marginalia ) that the actress gave Johnson her ...
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... wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life . We meet with very few good humoured men . " I mentioned four of our friends , none of whom he would allow to be good humoured . One was acid , another was muddy , and to the ...
... wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life . We meet with very few good humoured men . " I mentioned four of our friends , none of whom he would allow to be good humoured . One was acid , another was muddy , and to the ...
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... wonderful that Walton , who was in a very low situation in life , should have been familiarly received by so many great men , and that at a time when the ranks of society were kept more separate than they are now . " He supposed that ...
... wonderful that Walton , who was in a very low situation in life , should have been familiarly received by so many great men , and that at a time when the ranks of society were kept more separate than they are now . " He supposed that ...
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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.