The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... University , afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the Judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble dedication to the King 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , THE LIFE OF [ 1766 .
... University , afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the Judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble dedication to the King 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , THE LIFE OF [ 1766 .
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... King had em- ployed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accommodation that could contribute to his ease and convenience , while indulging his literary taste in that place ; so that he had here a very ...
... King had em- ployed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accommodation that could contribute to his ease and convenience , while indulging his literary taste in that place ; so that he had here a very ...
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... King by Lord Caermar- then , now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to ...
... King by Lord Caermar- then , now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to ...
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... King , ) if you had not written so well . " - Johnson ob- served to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
... King , ) if you had not written so well . " - Johnson ob- served to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
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... King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion , adding , " You do not think then , Dr. John- son , that there was much argument in the case . " Johnson said , he did not think there was . 66 Why truly , ( said the King , ) when ...
... King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion , adding , " You do not think then , Dr. John- son , that there was much argument in the case . " Johnson said , he did not think there was . 66 Why truly , ( said the King , ) when ...
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Página 486 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Página 145 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Página 387 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 11 - To omit for a year, or for a day, the most efficacious method of advancing Christianity, in compliance with any purposes that terminate on this side of the grave, is a crime of which I know not that the world has yet had an example, except in the practice of the planters of America, a race of mortals whom, I suppose, no other man wishes to resemble.
Página 487 - 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 - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me; ' and then called to him in a loud voice, ' Dr. Goldsmith, something passed today where you and I dined: I ask your pardon.' Goldsmith answered placidly, 'It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Página 32 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the judge to whom you urge it ^ and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right.
Página 248 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Página 256 - ... happiness ; that these ought not to be lost ; and that the gentleman on whose account she was divorced had gained her heart while thus unhappily situated. Seduced, perhaps, by the charms of the lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave me a proper check : ' My dear sir, never accustom your mind to mingle virtue and vice. The woman's a whore, and there's an end on't.
Página 345 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.