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Pagina 3
... Johnson had come with me from London , and I must return to the inn to drink tea with him ; that my name was Boswell , I had travelled with him in the Hebrides . " Sir ( said he ) , I should think it a great honour to see Dr. Johnson ...
... Johnson had come with me from London , and I must return to the inn to drink tea with him ; that my name was Boswell , I had travelled with him in the Hebrides . " Sir ( said he ) , I should think it a great honour to see Dr. Johnson ...
Pagina 4
... Johnson thought this must be a mistake ; for he had never seen a subscription - book . 66 Upon the road we talked of the uncertainty of profit with which authours and booksellers engage in the publication of literary works . JOHNSON ...
... Johnson thought this must be a mistake ; for he had never seen a subscription - book . 66 Upon the road we talked of the uncertainty of profit with which authours and booksellers engage in the publication of literary works . JOHNSON ...
Pagina 17
... JOHNSON . " " Bolt - court , June 16 , 1781. " Johnson's charity to the poor was uniform and ex- tensive , both from inclination and principle . He not only bestowed liberally out of his own purse , but what is more difficult as well as ...
... JOHNSON . " " Bolt - court , June 16 , 1781. " Johnson's charity to the poor was uniform and ex- tensive , both from inclination and principle . He not only bestowed liberally out of his own purse , but what is more difficult as well as ...
Pagina 19
... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
Pagina 27
... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 165 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Pagina 24 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Pagina 198 - Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Pagina 314 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Pagina 292 - Signed, sealed, published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Pagina 166 - Bacon upon this subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child.
Pagina 220 - Veneration for his virtue, reverence for his talents, delight in his conversation, and habitual endurance of a yoke my husband first put upon me, and of which he contentedly bore his share for sixteen or seventeen years, made me go on so long with Mr. Johnson; but the perpetual confinement I will own to have been terrifying in the first years of our friendship, and irksome in the last; nor could I pretend to support it without help, when my coadjutor was no more.
Pagina 24 - 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pagina 182 - It is the most extraordinary thing that has happened in my day. I heard it with my own ears, from his uncle, Lord Westcote. I am so glad to have every evidence of the spiritual world, that I am willing to believe it.
Pagina 165 - I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called...