The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1911 |
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... letters were too long ? 2 Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and - what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
... letters were too long ? 2 Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and - what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
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... letter to me was , ' Dr. Johnson's Suasorium is pleasantly1 and artfully composed . I suspect , however , that he has not convinced himself ; for I believe that he is better read in ecclesiastical history , than to imagine that a Bishop ...
... letter to me was , ' Dr. Johnson's Suasorium is pleasantly1 and artfully composed . I suspect , however , that he has not convinced himself ; for I believe that he is better read in ecclesiastical history , than to imagine that a Bishop ...
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... letter : 66 DEAR SIR , " To GEORGE STEEVENS , Esq . " You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith , whom we lamented as drowned , I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all , with promise to make the enquiries which we ...
... letter : 66 DEAR SIR , " To GEORGE STEEVENS , Esq . " You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith , whom we lamented as drowned , I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all , with promise to make the enquiries which we ...
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... letter , every thing seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet reconciled to me , yet let ...
... letter , every thing seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet reconciled to me , yet let ...
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... letter . He has a memorandum in this year , " 29 May , Easter- Eve , I treated with booksellers on a bargain , but the time was not long . " The bargain was concerning that undertaking ; but his tender conscience seems alarmed , lest it ...
... letter . He has a memorandum in this year , " 29 May , Easter- Eve , I treated with booksellers on a bargain , but the time was not long . " The bargain was concerning that undertaking ; but his tender conscience seems alarmed , lest it ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked asthma Auchinleck authour Beauclerk believe Bennet Langton Bishop Brocklesby Burke character consider conversation death dined drink edition eminent English entertained expressed favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give glad happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kind lady Langton language late learned letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Monboddo Lordship LUCY PORTER Madam manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps pleased pleasure Poets Pope pounds praise publick recollect remark respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland sermons shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale told truth verses Whig Wilkes wine wish wonderful words write written wrote
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Página 383 - 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 598 - 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 stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Página 529 - 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 possest.
Página 389 - ... 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. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Página 131 - Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Página 412 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Página 271 - 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 390 - 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 218 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.