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 xxiv
... received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness - for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased to welcome me for the number of ...
... received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness - for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased to welcome me for the number of ...
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... received ; and was reduced to the expe- dient of inserting new facts and altera- tions of the text in his table of correc- tions . At the last moment he inserted a page of " additional corrections , " and another " additional table of ...
... received ; and was reduced to the expe- dient of inserting new facts and altera- tions of the text in his table of correc- tions . At the last moment he inserted a page of " additional corrections , " and another " additional table of ...
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... received after the second edition was printed ; " " A Chronological Catalogue of the prose works , " trans- ferred to the end of the work ; " a Table of Corrections , " concluding with an Appeal : " Other errata in volumes so large and ...
... received after the second edition was printed ; " " A Chronological Catalogue of the prose works , " trans- ferred to the end of the work ; " a Table of Corrections , " concluding with an Appeal : " Other errata in volumes so large and ...
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... received with so much appro- bation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been ...
... received with so much appro- bation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been ...
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... received with much state by the corporation , there is probably a mistake only as to the place , and the child may have ex- hibited his precocious enthusiasm at the town hall , instead of in the cathedral . ** 2 He kicked her shins ...
... received with much state by the corporation , there is probably a mistake only as to the place , and the child may have ex- hibited his precocious enthusiasm at the town hall , instead of in the cathedral . ** 2 He kicked her shins ...
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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.