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... persons , of very different characters and descriptions . I could not attend him , being obliged to be in the court of session ; but my wife was so good as to devote the greater part of the morning to the endless task of pouring out tea ...
... persons , of very different characters and descriptions . I could not attend him , being obliged to be in the court of session ; but my wife was so good as to devote the greater part of the morning to the endless task of pouring out tea ...
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... person I shall not withhold any part of this story , however ludicrous . I was so successful in this boyish frolic , that the universal cry of the galleries was , " Encore the cow ! Encore the cow ! " In the pride of my heart I ...
... person I shall not withhold any part of this story , however ludicrous . I was so successful in this boyish frolic , that the universal cry of the galleries was , " Encore the cow ! Encore the cow ! " In the pride of my heart I ...
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... person , for Lord Hailes , from whom I solicited what he could recollect of that day , writes to me as follows : - " As to Dr. Johnson's observation about the ignorance of officers , in the length that a musket will carry , my brother ...
... person , for Lord Hailes , from whom I solicited what he could recollect of that day , writes to me as follows : - " As to Dr. Johnson's observation about the ignorance of officers , in the length that a musket will carry , my brother ...
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... persons mentioned in this Tour are now gone to " that undiscovered country , from whose bourne 1 Rasay was highly gratified , and afterwards visited and dined with Dr. Johnson , at his house in London . In justice both to Sir William ...
... persons mentioned in this Tour are now gone to " that undiscovered country , from whose bourne 1 Rasay was highly gratified , and afterwards visited and dined with Dr. Johnson , at his house in London . In justice both to Sir William ...
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... persons , as it has been by one of my friends , that he who has the power of thus exhibiting an exact tran script of conversations is not a desirable member of society . I re- peat the answer which I made to that friend : " Few , very ...
... persons , as it has been by one of my friends , that he who has the power of thus exhibiting an exact tran script of conversations is not a desirable member of society . I re- peat the answer which I made to that friend : " Few , very ...
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Página 292 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 129 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 97 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Página 199 - Whoe'er has travell'd 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 268 - And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk to me as if I could not meet any company whatever, occasionally.
Página 269 - But he no doubt recollected his having rated me for supposing that he could be at all disconcerted by any company, and he, therefore, resolutely set himself to behave quite as an easy man of the world, who could adapt himself at once to the disposition and manners of those whom he might chance to meet. "The. cheering sound of "Dinner is upon the table," dissolved his reverie, and we all sat down without any symptom of ill humour.
Página 343 - When Goldsmith was dying, Dr. Turton said to him, " Your pulse is in greater disorder than it should be, from the degree of fever which you have : is your mind at ease ?" Goldsmith answered it was not.
Página 198 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man but a very impudent dog indeed can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
Página 164 - Endeavouring to make children prematurely wise is useless labour. Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid. Too much is expected from precocity, and too little performed. Miss was an instance of early cultivation, but in what did it terminate?
Página 78 - Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You may print this if you will. SAM. JOHNSON.