The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...Harper & Brothers, 1840 |
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... possession of the authors from whom Lauder pro- fessed to make his extracts . That charge was be- lieved , and the contriver of it found his way to John- son ; who is represented by Sir John Hawkins , not indeed as an accomplice in the ...
... possession of the authors from whom Lauder pro- fessed to make his extracts . That charge was be- lieved , and the contriver of it found his way to John- son ; who is represented by Sir John Hawkins , not indeed as an accomplice in the ...
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... possession , was paid his price for several sheets ; but he soon relinquished the undertaking . It is probable that he found himself not sufficiently versed in that branch of knowledge . He was again reduced to the expedient of short ...
... possession , was paid his price for several sheets ; but he soon relinquished the undertaking . It is probable that he found himself not sufficiently versed in that branch of knowledge . He was again reduced to the expedient of short ...
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... possession of a regular income , Johnson left his chambers in the Temple , and once more became master of a house in Johnson's Court , Fleet - street . Dr. Levet , his friend and physician in ordinary , * paid his daily visits with ...
... possession of a regular income , Johnson left his chambers in the Temple , and once more became master of a house in Johnson's Court , Fleet - street . Dr. Levet , his friend and physician in ordinary , * paid his daily visits with ...
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... possessed . His education at Oxford gave him the habits of a gentleman ; his amiable temper recommended his conversation ; and the goodness of his heart made him a sincere friend . That he was the patron of Johnson is an honour to his ...
... possessed . His education at Oxford gave him the habits of a gentleman ; his amiable temper recommended his conversation ; and the goodness of his heart made him a sincere friend . That he was the patron of Johnson is an honour to his ...
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... possessed of this faculty , had a boat at sea in a tempestuous night , and , being anxious for his freight , suddenly started up , and said his men would be drowned , for he had seen them pass before him with wet gar- ments and dripping ...
... possessed of this faculty , had a boat at sea in a tempestuous night , and , being anxious for his freight , suddenly started up , and said his men would be drowned , for he had seen them pass before him with wet gar- ments and dripping ...
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35 ページ - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
242 ページ - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
28 ページ - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
69 ページ - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
242 ページ - All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
259 ページ - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
245 ページ - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
183 ページ - ... to our happiness. There is certainly no greater felicity, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
272 ページ - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
100 ページ - ... to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other ; such are the changes that keep the mind in action ; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated ; we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.