The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... ; non , ut adsit , auxilî Latura plus præsentibus . Hor . Epod . i . 17.—Ed. The phrase " vexing thoughts , " is , I think , very expressive . It has been Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the 4 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... ; non , ut adsit , auxilî Latura plus præsentibus . Hor . Epod . i . 17.—Ed. The phrase " vexing thoughts , " is , I think , very expressive . It has been Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the 4 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the year round . clerk , except when ill , and in pain , is the same . believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the ...
James Boswell. Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the year round . clerk , except when ill , and in pain , is the same . believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the ...
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... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch judges , with the title of lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : 66 We discussed the question , whether drinking improved ...
... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch judges , with the title of lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : 66 We discussed the question , whether drinking improved ...
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... Joshua mentioned Mr. Cumberland's odes , which were just published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws ...
... Joshua mentioned Mr. Cumberland's odes , which were just published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws ...
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... Joshua said , what I have often thought , that he wondered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in ...
... Joshua said , what I have often thought , that he wondered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in ...
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156 ページ - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
156 ページ - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
161 ページ - 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.
150 ページ - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
273 ページ - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
237 ページ - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
196 ページ - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
57 ページ - Too, too, too," (under his breath,) which was one of his habitual mutterings. Mr. Arthur Lee could not but be very obnoxious to Johnson, for he was not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the Court of Madrid. " And who is the gentleman in lace 1 " —
56 ページ - I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a very worthy man, has frequently had agreeable parties at his house for Dr. Johnson, and will be vexed if the Doctor neglects him today. And then, Madam, be pleased to consider my situation; I carried the message, and I assured Mr.
83 ページ - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.