The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1911 |
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... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
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... has uttered , in his " Wealth of Nations , " some reflections upon this subject which are certainly not well founded , and seem to be invidious . wish there were many places of a thousand a year 12 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
... has uttered , in his " Wealth of Nations , " some reflections upon this subject which are certainly not well founded , and seem to be invidious . wish there were many places of a thousand a year 12 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
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James Boswell. wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and ...
James Boswell. wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and ...
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... wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon ...
... wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon ...
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... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called ...
... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called ...
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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.