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... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady application . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady application . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
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... passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On the evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds ...
... passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On the evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds ...
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... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period ...
... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period ...
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... passed there the happiest part of his life . " 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 ...
... passed there the happiest part of his life . " 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 ...
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... passed much time in his early years . In most of them , he was in the company of ladies , particularly at Mr. Walmsley's , whose wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daughters of a Baronet , were remarkable for good ...
... passed much time in his early years . In most of them , he was in the company of ladies , particularly at Mr. Walmsley's , whose wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daughters of a Baronet , were remarkable for good ...
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Page 115 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 115 - ... had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 418 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 183 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Page 84 - And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat.
Page 183 - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost,
Page 398 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Page 27 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Page 204 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be; and yet they all wish to be in his place.
Page 115 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.