The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland, 1787 |
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Sivu 16
... read , became his own for ever , with all the advantages that a penetra- ting judgment and deep reflection could add to it . I have heard him repeat , with fcarce a mistake of have 16 THE LIFE OF ber, 1729, when, as appears by a ...
... read , became his own for ever , with all the advantages that a penetra- ting judgment and deep reflection could add to it . I have heard him repeat , with fcarce a mistake of have 16 THE LIFE OF ber, 1729, when, as appears by a ...
Sivu 33
... reflected on the means of improving it . His acquifitions at school and at the university , and the improvement he had made of his talents in the study of the French and Italian languages , qualified him , in an eminent degree , for an ...
... reflected on the means of improving it . His acquifitions at school and at the university , and the improvement he had made of his talents in the study of the French and Italian languages , qualified him , in an eminent degree , for an ...
Sivu 53
... reflection on them had made repofe defirable : on the contrary , that very reflection is known to have in- terrupted it . Johnson has told me , that whole nights have been spent by him and Savage in converfations of this kind , not ...
... reflection on them had made repofe defirable : on the contrary , that very reflection is known to have in- terrupted it . Johnson has told me , that whole nights have been spent by him and Savage in converfations of this kind , not ...
Sivu 54
... reflected with as little appro- bation on the hours he fpent with Savage as on any period of his life . Doubtless there is in the example and converfation of fome men a power that fafcinates , and fufpends the operation of our own will ...
... reflected with as little appro- bation on the hours he fpent with Savage as on any period of his life . Doubtless there is in the example and converfation of fome men a power that fafcinates , and fufpends the operation of our own will ...
Sivu 57
... reflection on that distress , which by this time had brought his wife to town , and obliged her to par- ticipate in the inconveniences of a dwelling too ob- scure to invite refort , and to be a witness of the diffi- culties with which ...
... reflection on that distress , which by this time had brought his wife to town , and obliged her to par- ticipate in the inconveniences of a dwelling too ob- scure to invite refort , and to be a witness of the diffi- culties with which ...
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Sivu 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Sivu 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Sivu 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Sivu 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Sivu 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Sivu 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Sivu 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Sivu 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Sivu 292 - 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 287 - 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.