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... written by Johnson . A Bookseller of the Last Century , p . 138. See ante , i . 159 . 3 Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale on the birth of a second son who died early ' I congratulate you upon your boy ; but you must not think that I shall ...
... written by Johnson . A Bookseller of the Last Century , p . 138. See ante , i . 159 . 3 Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale on the birth of a second son who died early ' I congratulate you upon your boy ; but you must not think that I shall ...
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... written : - ' Such is the nature of the human mind , that it always takes hold of every mind that ap- proaches it ; and as it is wonderfully fortified and corroborated by an unanimity of sentiments , so is it shocked and disturbed by ...
... written : - ' Such is the nature of the human mind , that it always takes hold of every mind that ap- proaches it ; and as it is wonderfully fortified and corroborated by an unanimity of sentiments , so is it shocked and disturbed by ...
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... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life - time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not regard ...
... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life - time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not regard ...
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... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged ...
... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged ...
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... written to Cheyne . 2 " Solitude , " he said one day , " is dangerous to reason , without being favourable to virtue ; pleasures of some sort are necessary to the in- tellectual as to the corporeal health ; and those who resist gaiety ...
... written to Cheyne . 2 " Solitude , " he said one day , " is dangerous to reason , without being favourable to virtue ; pleasures of some sort are necessary to the in- tellectual as to the corporeal health ; and those who resist gaiety ...
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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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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write
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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.