The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...Harper & Brothers, 1840 |
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... present their author . From such a writer as Johnson , whose produc- tions are so various , and all distinguished by just and profound thought , and polished to the highest point of elegance in diction , it is a task of no small ...
... present their author . From such a writer as Johnson , whose produc- tions are so various , and all distinguished by just and profound thought , and polished to the highest point of elegance in diction , it is a task of no small ...
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... present pur- pose , it was thought necessary somewhat to abridge . With these remarks the editor closes his task , and takes leave of the reader ; trusting that his humble labours will not be wholly ineffectual in bringing somewhat more ...
... present pur- pose , it was thought necessary somewhat to abridge . With these remarks the editor closes his task , and takes leave of the reader ; trusting that his humble labours will not be wholly ineffectual in bringing somewhat more ...
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... present writer enjoyed the conversation and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be so connected , and to this hour he reflects on his loss with regret ; but regret , he knows , has secret ...
... present writer enjoyed the conversation and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be so connected , and to this hour he reflects on his loss with regret ; but regret , he knows , has secret ...
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... present writer ? Perhaps what has not yet been attempted ; a short , yet full —a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnson . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Litchfield , Septem- ber 7 , 1709 , O.S. † His father , Michael Johnson ...
... present writer ? Perhaps what has not yet been attempted ; a short , yet full —a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnson . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Litchfield , Septem- ber 7 , 1709 , O.S. † His father , Michael Johnson ...
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... present writer , and others , Idined with the late Mr. Foote . An important de- bate towards the end of Sir Robert Walpole's ad- ministration being mentioned , Dr. Francis observed , " That Mr. Pitt's speech on that occasion was the ...
... present writer , and others , Idined with the late Mr. Foote . An important de- bate towards the end of Sir Robert Walpole's ad- ministration being mentioned , Dr. Francis observed , " That Mr. Pitt's speech on that occasion was the ...
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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.