The British Prose Writers, Volume 16J. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... wonder at his disco- vering so much of the knowledge peculiar to differ- ent professions , he told him , " I learned what I know of law chiefly from Ballow , a very able man : I learned some too from Chambers ; but was not VOL . I. C so ...
... wonder at his disco- vering so much of the knowledge peculiar to differ- ent professions , he told him , " I learned what I know of law chiefly from Ballow , a very able man : I learned some too from Chambers ; but was not VOL . I. C so ...
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... wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their resentment at having their coun- try described by him as it really was ; when , to say that it was a country as good as England , would have been a gross falsehood . " None of us ...
... wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their resentment at having their coun- try described by him as it really was ; when , to say that it was a country as good as England , would have been a gross falsehood . " None of us ...
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... wonder at it ; for that we had drubbed those fellows into a proper reverence for us , and that their national petulance required periodical chastisement . He observed , " The great in France live very magnificently , but the rest very ...
... wonder at it ; for that we had drubbed those fellows into a proper reverence for us , and that their national petulance required periodical chastisement . He observed , " The great in France live very magnificently , but the rest very ...
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... wonder how much he eat upon all oc- casions when his dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hun- ger ; and not only was he remarkable for the extra- ordinary quantity which he eat , but he was ...
... wonder how much he eat upon all oc- casions when his dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hun- ger ; and not only was he remarkable for the extra- ordinary quantity which he eat , but he was ...
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... wonder at it ; no man , fond of letters , leaves London with- out regret . But remember , sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal ; you have seen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . No man ...
... wonder at it ; no man , fond of letters , leaves London with- out regret . But remember , sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal ; you have seen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . No man ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afterwards appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Boswell mentioned Boswell talked Burney character church Colley Cibber common consider conversation David Garrick dine doubt drinking eminent England fellow Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour human humour instance Jacobite John judge king king of Prussia knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield literary live London lord Lord Bute lord Chesterfield lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo madam mankind manner marriage mean merit mind moral nation never occasion once opinion Pembroke college pleased poem poor principles racter religion remark says Boswell Scotch Scotland sion Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spect spirit strong suppose sure tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies true truth wine wish woman wonder write wrong
Passagens conhecidas
Página 89 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 23 - ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.
Página 110 - ... thinking how different a place London is to different people. They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the consideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it merely as the seat of government in its different departments ; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle ; a mercantile man, as a place where a prodigious deal of business is done upon 'Change ; a...
Página 138 - He used frequently to observe that men might be very eminent in a profession, without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.
Página 7 - I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Página 132 - Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Página 35 - Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet ,with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling-, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...
Página 153 - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant, ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine, which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner* of the cellars.' I would have a man great in great things, and elegant in little things.
Página 162 - 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 60 - Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals.