The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " Guide , Philosopher , and Friend ; " the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console a ...
... Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " Guide , Philosopher , and Friend ; " the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console a ...
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... MISS REYNOLDS has a mind to send the Epitaph to Dr. Beattie ; I am very willing , but having no copy , cannot immediately recollect it . She tells me you have lost it . Try to recollect it , and put down as much as you retain ; you ...
... MISS REYNOLDS has a mind to send the Epitaph to Dr. Beattie ; I am very willing , but having no copy , cannot immediately recollect it . She tells me you have lost it . Try to recollect it , and put down as much as you retain ; you ...
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... Miss Caulfield , but that her letter is not at hand , and I know not the direction . You will tell the good news . I am , Sir , " February 25 , 1777. ” " Your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . MY DEAR SIR ...
... Miss Caulfield , but that her letter is not at hand , and I know not the direction . You will tell the good news . I am , Sir , " February 25 , 1777. ” " Your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . MY DEAR SIR ...
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... Miss Veronica's Scotch , I think it cannot be helped . An English maid you might easily have ; but she would still imitate the greater number , as they would be like- wise those whom she must most respect . Her dialect will not be gross ...
... Miss Veronica's Scotch , I think it cannot be helped . An English maid you might easily have ; but she would still imitate the greater number , as they would be like- wise those whom she must most respect . Her dialect will not be gross ...
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... Miss Veronica ; I must leave it to her philosophy to comfort you for the loss of little David . You must remember , that to keep three out of four is more than your share . Mrs. Thrale has but four out of eleven . " I am engaged to ...
... Miss Veronica ; I must leave it to her philosophy to comfort you for the loss of little David . You must remember , that to keep three out of four is more than your share . Mrs. Thrale has but four out of eleven . " I am engaged to ...
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Página 381 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Página 596 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 527 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Página 269 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men : but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 388 - Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Página 387 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how.
Página 276 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 378 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 365 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow : Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to. set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.