The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volym 4J. Richardson and Company, 1821 |
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... opinion a free use of wine did not shorten life ; and said , he would not give less for the life of a certain Scotch Lord ( whom he named ) celebrated for hard drinking , than for that of a sober man . " But stay ( said he , with his ...
... opinion a free use of wine did not shorten life ; and said , he would not give less for the life of a certain Scotch Lord ( whom he named ) celebrated for hard drinking , than for that of a sober man . " But stay ( said he , with his ...
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... opinion ; for he once said to me , in a pleasant humour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to ...
... opinion ; for he once said to me , in a pleasant humour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to ...
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... opinion , a distinct separation between them . When he talked of mad- ness , he was to be understood as speaking of ... opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a variety of curious facts ...
... opinion , a distinct separation between them . When he talked of mad- ness , he was to be understood as speaking of ... opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a variety of curious facts ...
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... opinion of Dr. Johnson's legal friend may have been some time ago , the same certainty of success cannot now be promised to the same display of merit . The reasons , however , of the rapid rise of some , and the disappointment of others ...
... opinion of Dr. Johnson's legal friend may have been some time ago , the same certainty of success cannot now be promised to the same display of merit . The reasons , however , of the rapid rise of some , and the disappointment of others ...
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... opinion of it , and Johnson said it was very well . " These , we may be sure , were not Johnson's ; for he was above little arts , or tricks of deception . 66 Johnson was by no means of opinion , that every man of a learned profession ...
... opinion of it , and Johnson said it was very well . " These , we may be sure , were not Johnson's ; for he was above little arts , or tricks of deception . 66 Johnson was by no means of opinion , that every man of a learned profession ...
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Sida 14 - 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...
Sida 19 - 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.
Sida 13 - 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...
Sida 38 - I never experienced any where else. But, as Xerxes wept when he viewed his immense army, and considered that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant circle, that was not afraid to go home and think ; but that the thoughts of each individual there, would be distressing when alone.
Sida 306 - Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
Sida 322 - The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability of wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in disputation [matter], thoughts flowed in on either side. " The abyss of an un-ideal [emptiness] vacancy.
Sida 317 - Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of...
Sida 43 - To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to the African savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or intolerable bondage in 'their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life; especially now when their passage to the West Indies, and their treatment there, is humanely regulated. To abolish this trade would be to ' " shut the...
Sida 365 - Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his buttonhole, like an exciseman; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property, which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Sida 7 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.