 | 1913 - 490 sidor
...Sir, have never thought at all.' BOSWELL. ' But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. ' So much so, Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it.' " Johnson has been blamed for this morbid terror, but even our enlightened republic has not established... | |
 | charles grosvenor osgood - 1917 - 606 sidor
...away the thoughts of it.' He then, in a low and earnest tone, talked of his meditating upon the aweful hour of his own dissolution, and in what manner he...wish to have a friend by me, or have it all between GOB and myself.' Talking of our feeling for the distresses of others;—JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, there is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 606 sidor
...Sir, have never thought at all.' BOSWELL. 'JJut is not th« fear of death natural to man?' JOHNSON. I 'So much so^ Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts' of itJj He then, in a low and earnest tone, talked of his meditating upon the aweful hour of his own dissolution,... | |
 | W. Bickle Haynes - 1921 - 232 sidor
...by the grim fear of death. " Boawell : ' But is not the fear of death natural to man ? ' Johnson : ' So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thought of it.' " " O Lord," he prays, " let me not sink into total depravity. Oh, God, grant that... | |
 | 1921 - 874 sidor
...age and death. Dr. Johnson had a strange horror of death, "so much so, Sir," as he said to Boswell, "that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it." But he achieved quietness of mind when his end came and his last recorded words were of a benignant... | |
 | St. John Greer Ervine - 1922 - 334 sidor
...age and death. Dr. Johnson had a strange horror of death, "so much so, Sir," as he said to Boswell, "that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it." But he achieved quietness of mind when his end came and his last recorded words were of a benignant... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 sidor
...them, Sir, have never thought at all." BOSWELL. "But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. "So much so, Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping...dissolution, and in what manner he should conduct himself on that occasion: "I know not (said he) whether I should wish to have a friend by me, or have it all... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 sidor
...them, sir, have never thought at all." BOSWELL: "But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON: "So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it." 1 He then, in a low and earnest tone, talked of his meditating upon the awful hour of his own dissolution,... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 sidor
...them, sir, have never thought at all." BOSWELL: "But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON: "So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it." 1 He then, in a low and earnest tone, talked of his meditating upon the awful hour of his own dissolution,... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 sidor
...have endeavoured to teach us to die well, have taught few to die willingly. Dr. Johnson, B, I, 365. BUT is not the fear of death natural to man? So much...whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it. Dr. Johnson, B, II, 93. AFTER a certain distance, every step we take in life we find the ice growing... | |
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But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. " So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it. 
