The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Pagina 16
... almost indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands he read them with a furprifing quick- • nefs , and yet retained , not only the fenfe of what he read , but , often , all the words and the very manner of fpelling them , if ...
... almost indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands he read them with a furprifing quick- • nefs , and yet retained , not only the fenfe of what he read , but , often , all the words and the very manner of fpelling them , if ...
Pagina 17
... almost of course , he regretted not : it is true , he foon felt the want of one ; but ample amends were afterwards made him , by VOL . I. C the the voluntary grant of the higheft academical honours that two DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 17.
... almost of course , he regretted not : it is true , he foon felt the want of one ; but ample amends were afterwards made him , by VOL . I. C the the voluntary grant of the higheft academical honours that two DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 17.
Pagina 50
... almost every one to charm him into mildness , and to render him gentle and placid , and even courteous , by fuch a patient and refpectful at- tention as is due to every one , who , in his difcourse , fignifies a defire either to ...
... almost every one to charm him into mildness , and to render him gentle and placid , and even courteous , by fuch a patient and refpectful at- tention as is due to every one , who , in his difcourse , fignifies a defire either to ...
Pagina 51
... almost the only one of his profeffion that had the cou- rage to oppose the endeavours of his art to the spread- ing of the contagion . It was the hard fate of this per- fon , a fhort time after , to die a prifoner for debt , in Ludgate ...
... almost the only one of his profeffion that had the cou- rage to oppose the endeavours of his art to the spread- ing of the contagion . It was the hard fate of this per- fon , a fhort time after , to die a prifoner for debt , in Ludgate ...
Pagina 63
... almost of course , was , at this crifis , his greatest misfortune it stood between him and the acquifition of an income of 60l . a year , in a country and at a 11 , time time that made it equivalent to a much larger fum DR . SAMUEL ...
... almost of course , was , at this crifis , his greatest misfortune it stood between him and the acquifition of an income of 60l . a year , in a country and at a 11 , time time that made it equivalent to a much larger fum DR . SAMUEL ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Pagina 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Pagina 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Pagina 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Pagina 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Pagina 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Pagina 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Pagina 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Pagina 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Pagina 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.