The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... instance . was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to ...
... instance . was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to ...
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... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , ( see vol . iv . p . 129 , ) which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus ...
... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , ( see vol . iv . p . 129 , ) which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus ...
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... Instance , it is believed , when he condescended to take 1 Notice of any Thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief Intention seems to have been to make Sport . Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of , and Preface to ...
... Instance , it is believed , when he condescended to take 1 Notice of any Thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief Intention seems to have been to make Sport . Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of , and Preface to ...
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... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a stranger . She departed ...
... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a stranger . She departed ...
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... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknow- ledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknow- ledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
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227 ページ - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
226 ページ - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
226 ページ - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
194 ページ - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of...
372 ページ - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
225 ページ - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
54 ページ - His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
164 ページ - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
171 ページ - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
xxxii ページ - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.