The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relat " ing the anecdotes of beggary . " 66 Johnson derived from his parents , or from an unwholesome nurse , the distemper called the king's evil . The jacobites at that time believed in B 3 ...
... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relat " ing the anecdotes of beggary . " 66 Johnson derived from his parents , or from an unwholesome nurse , the distemper called the king's evil . The jacobites at that time believed in B 3 ...
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... pleasure of reading Vida , Fra- castorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to the late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable ...
... pleasure of reading Vida , Fra- castorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to the late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable ...
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... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " to assist industrious indigence , struggling “ with distress , and debilitated by age , is a dis- " play of virtue , and an acquisition of happiness " and honour . Whoever ...
... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " to assist industrious indigence , struggling “ with distress , and debilitated by age , is a dis- " play of virtue , and an acquisition of happiness " and honour . Whoever ...
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... pleasure for business , wished to content his " bookseller by some unstudied essay . He " therefore took up a French Journal Littéraire , " and translating something he liked , sent it 66 away to town . Time , however , discovered ...
... pleasure for business , wished to content his " bookseller by some unstudied essay . He " therefore took up a French Journal Littéraire , " and translating something he liked , sent it 66 away to town . Time , however , discovered ...
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... to a tavern . Johnson and Sir Joshua talked with pleasure of what they had seen ; and says John- son , in a tone of admiration , " How the little " fellow brandished his spontoon ! " " There is GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 69.
... to a tavern . Johnson and Sir Joshua talked with pleasure of what they had seen ; and says John- son , in a tone of admiration , " How the little " fellow brandished his spontoon ! " " There is GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 69.
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Page 54 - 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 54 - Dictionary 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.
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Page 32 - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
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Page 50 - Why, Sir, it is a very harmless doctrine. They are of opinion that the generality of mankind are neither so obstinately wicked as to deserve everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, Sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.