The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Derby & Jackson, 1860 |
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... manner , possessed a shrewd understanding , and close observa- tion of character . He had a happy faculty of dissipating that reserve , which too often damps the pleasure of English society . His good - nature and social feeling always ...
... manner , possessed a shrewd understanding , and close observa- tion of character . He had a happy faculty of dissipating that reserve , which too often damps the pleasure of English society . His good - nature and social feeling always ...
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... manner , which opinion the public has confirmed , was the best en- couragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former ...
... manner , which opinion the public has confirmed , was the best en- couragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former ...
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... manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped ; — " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular on which ...
... manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped ; — " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular on which ...
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... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater ...
... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater ...
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... manners or behaviour of their heroes , that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character , by a short conversation with one of his servants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with ...
... manners or behaviour of their heroes , that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character , by a short conversation with one of his servants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with ...
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Page 215 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 59 - I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fare, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 118 - O thou whose power 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 216 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 184 - 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 330 - He had sagacity enough to cultivate assiduously the acquaintance of Johnson, and his faculties were gradually enlarged by the contemplation of such a model. To me and many others it appeared that he studiously copied the manner of Johnson, though, indeed, upon a smaller scale.
Page 31 - But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from...
Page 205 - ... fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers, just come in from the country. Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the honest gardeners stared so at his figure and manner, and odd interference, that he soon saw his services were not relished. They then repaired to one of the neighbouring taverns, and made a bowl of that liquor called Bishop...
Page 71 - James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 241 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.