The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 sivua |
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... . The children in the family , perhaps offended with the rudeness of his behaviour , would frequently call him the great boy , which the father once overhearing , said , < you you call him the great boy , but take my 6 THE LIFE OF.
... . The children in the family , perhaps offended with the rudeness of his behaviour , would frequently call him the great boy , which the father once overhearing , said , < you you call him the great boy , but take my 6 THE LIFE OF.
Sivu 252
... fo diftinguifhed his character , that , in fome inftances , Johnson might almost be said to have looked up to him . As the purpofe of our meetings was was the free communication of fentiments , and the enjoyment 252 THE LIFE OF.
... fo diftinguifhed his character , that , in fome inftances , Johnson might almost be said to have looked up to him . As the purpofe of our meetings was was the free communication of fentiments , and the enjoyment 252 THE LIFE OF.
Sivu 318
... that my imagination realifed the profpect before me ; he said , that was more than his would do , for that in in his whole life he was never capable of difcerning 3 318 THE LIFE OF With refpect to fight, it must be noted, ...
... that my imagination realifed the profpect before me ; he said , that was more than his would do , for that in in his whole life he was never capable of difcerning 3 318 THE LIFE OF With refpect to fight, it must be noted, ...
Sivu 402
... said * . He delighted much in naval architecture , and was able with his own hands , and a variety of tools of his own contrivance , to form a model of a ship of war of any rate ; first framing it with ribs and fuch other timbers as are ...
... said * . He delighted much in naval architecture , and was able with his own hands , and a variety of tools of his own contrivance , to form a model of a ship of war of any rate ; first framing it with ribs and fuch other timbers as are ...
Sivu 435
... said that he was the most importunate fuitor for preferment ever known , and that himself had been the bearer of letters and meffages to great men , foliciting promotion to vacant livings , and had hardly escaped kicking down ftairs ...
... said that he was the most importunate fuitor for preferment ever known , and that himself had been the bearer of letters and meffages to great men , foliciting promotion to vacant livings , and had hardly escaped kicking down ftairs ...
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Sivu 556 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Sivu 594 - Mr. Hoole, his son, each a book at their election, to keep as a token of remembrance.
Sivu 291 - When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Sivu 563 - ... with a look that cut me to the heart, told me that he had the prospect of death before him, and that he dreaded to meet his Saviour.
Sivu 198 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
Sivu 127 - ... which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress. I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery.
Sivu 488 - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
Sivu 286 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.
Sivu 257 - Johnson made it a rule to talk his best, but that on many subjects he was not uniform in his opinions, contending as often for victory as for truth : at one time good, at another evil was predominant in the moral constitution of the world. Upon one occasion, he would deplore the nonobservance of Good-Friday, and on another deny, that among us of the present age there is any decline of public worship.
Sivu 187 - Well (my little Philip) this is enough for me, and too much I fear for you. But, if I shall find that this light meal of digestion nourish anything the weak stomach of your young capacity, I will, as I find the same grow stronger, feed it with tougher food. Your loving Father, so long as you live in the fear of God, H. SYDNEY...