The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... Lichfield , Oct. 10 , 1767. ” It appears from his notes of the state of his mind ' that he suffered great perturbation and dis- traction in 1768. Nothing of his writing was given to the publick this year , except the Pro- logue * to his ...
... Lichfield , Oct. 10 , 1767. ” It appears from his notes of the state of his mind ' that he suffered great perturbation and dis- traction in 1768. Nothing of his writing was given to the publick this year , except the Pro- logue * to his ...
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... lichfield . Oxford , April 18 , 1768 . " MY DEAR DEAR LOVE , " You have had a very great loss . To lose an old friend is to be cut off from a great part of the lit- tle pleasure that this life allows . But such is the condition of our ...
... lichfield . Oxford , April 18 , 1768 . " MY DEAR DEAR LOVE , " You have had a very great loss . To lose an old friend is to be cut off from a great part of the lit- tle pleasure that this life allows . But such is the condition of our ...
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... now also of that admirable institu- tion as Secretary for Foreign Correspondence , by the favour of the Academicians , and the approbation of the Sovereign . at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the 74 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
... now also of that admirable institu- tion as Secretary for Foreign Correspondence , by the favour of the Academicians , and the approbation of the Sovereign . at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the 74 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the following letter : 66 TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON . 66 DEAR SIR , " MANY years ago , when I used to read in the library of ... Lichfield, and when at Oxford he wrote the ...
James Boswell. at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the following letter : 66 TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON . 66 DEAR SIR , " MANY years ago , when I used to read in the library of ... Lichfield, and when at Oxford he wrote the ...
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... Lichfield I found that my portrait had been much visited and much ad- mired . Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place ; and I was pleased with the dignity conferred by such a testimony of your regard ...
... Lichfield I found that my portrait had been much visited and much ad- mired . Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place ; and I was pleased with the dignity conferred by such a testimony of your regard ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volum 2 James Boswell Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1807 |
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration afraid answered appeared asked authour Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON called character church compliments consider conversation Court dined Edinburgh edition eminent England Erse favour Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge King lady Langton laugh learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner ment mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick racter reason remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth wish wonder write written wrote
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Side 363 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Side 326 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Side 190 - I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.
Side 213 - ... else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done. I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy, that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public.
Side 123 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
Side 173 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
Side 323 - I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travels," —" When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.
Side 90 - ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast h'er shoe to the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it.
Side 260 - I remember one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said — ' We are all in labour for a name to Goldy's play,' Goldsmith seemed displeased that such a liberty should be taken with his name, and said, ' I have often desired him not to call me Goldy.
Side 233 - For instance, (said he), the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads, and envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill (continued he,) consists in making them talk like little fishes.