The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Henry Baldwin, 1785 - 524 pages |
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... because fo excel- lent , his ftyle is eafier than in his profe . There is deception in this : it is not eafier , but better fuited to the dignity of verfe ; as one may dance with grace , whofe motions , in or- dinary walking in the ...
... because fo excel- lent , his ftyle is eafier than in his profe . There is deception in this : it is not eafier , but better fuited to the dignity of verfe ; as one may dance with grace , whofe motions , in or- dinary walking in the ...
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... because they were more in his way ; becaufe he thought their fuccefs in England rather exceeded the due pro- portion of their real merit ; and because he could not but fee in them that nationality which I fhould think no liberal minded ...
... because they were more in his way ; becaufe he thought their fuccefs in England rather exceeded the due pro- portion of their real merit ; and because he could not but fee in them that nationality which I fhould think no liberal minded ...
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... Because the Lord reigneth , let " the earth be glad . " - I was forry to think Mr. Johnson did not attend to the fermon , Mr. Carre's low voice not being strong enough to reach his hearing . A felection of Mr. Carre's fermons has ...
... Because the Lord reigneth , let " the earth be glad . " - I was forry to think Mr. Johnson did not attend to the fermon , Mr. Carre's low voice not being strong enough to reach his hearing . A felection of Mr. Carre's fermons has ...
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... because I admire " The Theory of Moral " Sentiments " and value the greateft part of " An Inquiry " into the Nature and Caufes of the Wealth of Nations . " Why should fuch a writer be fo forgetful of human comfort , as to give any ...
... because I admire " The Theory of Moral " Sentiments " and value the greateft part of " An Inquiry " into the Nature and Caufes of the Wealth of Nations . " Why should fuch a writer be fo forgetful of human comfort , as to give any ...
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... Because , Sir , I had not mo- ney to study law . Sir , the man who has vigour may walk to the east , just as well as to the west , if he happens to turn his head that way . " . Bofwell . " But , Sir , ' tis like walking up and down a ...
... Because , Sir , I had not mo- ney to study law . Sir , the man who has vigour may walk to the east , just as well as to the west , if he happens to turn his head that way . " . Bofwell . " But , Sir , ' tis like walking up and down a ...
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Page 23 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 418 - 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...
Page 318 - This he said with good-humored English pleasantry. Soon afterwards, Corrichatachin, Col, and other friends assembled round my bed. Corri had a brandy bottle and glass with him, and insisted I should take a dram. "Ay," said Dr. Johnson, "fill him drunk again. Do it in the morning, that we may laugh at him all day. It is a poor thing for a fellow to get drunk at night, and skulk to bed, and let his friends have no sport.
Page 56 - We talked of change of manners. Dr. Johnson observed that our drinking less than our ancestors was owing to the change from ale to wine. "I remember," said he, "when all the decent people in Lichfield got drunk every night, and were not the worse thought of.
Page 318 - Prayer-book, I opened it at the twentieth Sunday after Trinity, in the epistle for which I read, " And be not drunk with wine, wherein there is excess.
Page 156 - Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Page 18 - As it rarely happens that a man is fit to plead his own cause, lawyers are a class of the community who, by study and experience, have acquired the art and power of arranging evidence and of applying to the points at issue what the law has settled. A lawyer is to do for his client all that his client might fairly do for himself if he could.
Page 273 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Page 213 - Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose. He had jet black hair tied behind, and was a large stately man, with a steady sensible countenance.