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... English . ' He de- cides it does . He continues : - ' The only inconvenience is , that few Scots- men that have had an English edu- cation have ever settled cordially in their own country ; and they have been commonly lost ever after to ...
... English . ' He de- cides it does . He continues : - ' The only inconvenience is , that few Scots- men that have had an English edu- cation have ever settled cordially in their own country ; and they have been commonly lost ever after to ...
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... English Universities . 13 the Universities of England are too rich ' ; so that learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their ...
... English Universities . 13 the Universities of England are too rich ' ; so that learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their ...
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... English . His testi- monial being received he goes from his jolly companions to the care of a large parish . ' Ib . p . 197. Bishop Law gave in 1781 a different account of Cambridge . There , he complains , such was the devotion to ...
... English . His testi- monial being received he goes from his jolly companions to the care of a large parish . ' Ib . p . 197. Bishop Law gave in 1781 a different account of Cambridge . There , he complains , such was the devotion to ...
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... English conversation among friends did , in former days , encourage and excuse . ' H. C. Robinson ( Diary , iii . 485 ) says that Dr. Burney ' spoke with great warmth of affection of Dr. Johnson , and said he was the kindest creature in ...
... English conversation among friends did , in former days , encourage and excuse . ' H. C. Robinson ( Diary , iii . 485 ) says that Dr. Burney ' spoke with great warmth of affection of Dr. Johnson , and said he was the kindest creature in ...
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... English Malady ' . Upon the question whether a man who had been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude and sadness ; JOHNSON . " No , Sir , unless it prevent him from being vicious again . With some ...
... English Malady ' . Upon the question whether a man who had been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude and sadness ; JOHNSON . " No , Sir , unless it prevent him from being vicious again . With some ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 3 James Boswell Visualização integral - 1780 |
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's ..., Volume 3;Volumes 1776-1780 James Boswell Visualização integral - 1887 |
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Página 455 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 201 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, ' how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ?' and in his conversation with Mr.
Página 455 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 88 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.
Página 159 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn-door Stoutly struts his dames before...
Página 72 - All this may be ; the people's voice is odd ; It is, and it is not, the voice of God. To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool.
Página 268 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Página 36 - A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Página 85 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.
Página 11 - Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value, is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel. Every man who attacks my belief diminishes, in some degree, my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy ; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith called in question ; because they only had something upon which they could rest as matter of fact.