The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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Page xv
... Langton , at Langton , Spilsbury , Lincolnshire , " are cut down by Mr. Croker into " Johnson to Hamilton , " and " Johnson to Langton . " Even so trifling an alteration is out of harmony with the dignified tone of the book . The use of ...
... Langton , at Langton , Spilsbury , Lincolnshire , " are cut down by Mr. Croker into " Johnson to Hamilton , " and " Johnson to Langton . " Even so trifling an alteration is out of harmony with the dignified tone of the book . The use of ...
Page xvii
... Langton , some of Dr. Max- well's " Collectanea , " and various new paragraphs and notes , are scattered up and down over the three volumes , owing , as he says , to their reaching him " too late to be inserted in their proper place ...
... Langton , some of Dr. Max- well's " Collectanea , " and various new paragraphs and notes , are scattered up and down over the three volumes , owing , as he says , to their reaching him " too late to be inserted in their proper place ...
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... Langton letters would figure as an appendix to the second volume . The arrangement of the present edition has , therefore , the advan- tage of affording additional entertainment to the reader , as he is supplied with new indications of ...
... Langton letters would figure as an appendix to the second volume . The arrangement of the present edition has , therefore , the advan- tage of affording additional entertainment to the reader , as he is supplied with new indications of ...
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... Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
... Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
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... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . ' It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different Hervey is " a very fine lady , and has returned but few of her visits . " - Forster MS ...
... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . ' It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different Hervey is " a very fine lady , and has returned but few of her visits . " - Forster MS ...
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Page 158 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Page 137 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. 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 Addison.
Page 183 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits of life were very opposite to his, but who was ever eminent for literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jfeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary: " H seldom, perhaps never, begins any but the first syllable.
Page 288 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Page 85 - O thou whose pow'er o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path- motive, guide, original, and end.
Page 35 - But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, and how little any of us know of the real internal state even of those whom we see most frequently ; for the truth is, that he was then depressed by poverty, and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, "Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all...
Page 119 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...
Page 285 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on. his hinder legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprized to find it done at all.
Page 313 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
Page 53 - He now set up a private academy, for which purpose " he hired a large house, well situated, near his native city. In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, there is the following advertisement : " At Edial, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages, by SAMUEL JOHNSON.