The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. A Reprint of the First Edition, to which are Added Mr. Boswell's Corrections and Aditions, Issued in 1792; the Variations of the Second Edition, with Some of the Author's Notes Prepared for the Third, Volume 2S. Sonnenschein & Company, Limited, 1900 |
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... expressed my high opinion ; and for that of Mr. Mason I have ever entertained a warm admiration . His " Elfrida " is exquisite , both in poetical description and moral sentiment ; and his " Caractacus " is a noble drama . Nor can I omit ...
... expressed my high opinion ; and for that of Mr. Mason I have ever entertained a warm admiration . His " Elfrida " is exquisite , both in poetical description and moral sentiment ; and his " Caractacus " is a noble drama . Nor can I omit ...
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... expression to me concerning him : " That having seen such a man , was a thing to talk of a century hence ; " — as if he could live so long . Plin . Epist . Lib . ii . Ep . 3 . 1 Boswell's ludicrous caution is shown in thus suppressing ...
... expression to me concerning him : " That having seen such a man , was a thing to talk of a century hence ; " — as if he could live so long . Plin . Epist . Lib . ii . Ep . 3 . 1 Boswell's ludicrous caution is shown in thus suppressing ...
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... expressed his appro- bation strongly , adding that Goldsmith was the best writer he ever knew upon every subject he wrote upon . He said that Kenrick had borrowed all his On Monday , April 10 , I dined with him 12 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... expressed his appro- bation strongly , adding that Goldsmith was the best writer he ever knew upon every subject he wrote upon . He said that Kenrick had borrowed all his On Monday , April 10 , I dined with him 12 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... expression " of a picture . Baretti adds in his Marginalia , " He behaved amiss VOL . II . at St. Deny's , where he took offence at some little thing , fort mal à propos . " DR kindly treated by the English Benedictines , and have THE ...
... expression " of a picture . Baretti adds in his Marginalia , " He behaved amiss VOL . II . at St. Deny's , where he took offence at some little thing , fort mal à propos . " DR kindly treated by the English Benedictines , and have THE ...
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... expression of surprise , -he answered , " Because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first interview with General Paoli ...
... expression of surprise , -he answered , " Because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first interview with General Paoli ...
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Página 465 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 216 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Página 497 - 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 428 - 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? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made.
Página 156 - Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour245, 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 463 - 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; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 145 - 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 84 - 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 every...
Página 224 - 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.
Página 321 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless...