The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he was sure to ask , " Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not seem willing to believe it . He continued at the 8 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he was sure to ask , " Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not seem willing to believe it . He continued at the 8 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... sure your humanity and propensity to re- " lieve merit in distress will incline you to serve " the poor man , without my adding any more to " the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you , that I am , with great truth , Sir ...
... sure your humanity and propensity to re- " lieve merit in distress will incline you to serve " the poor man , without my adding any more to " the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you , that I am , with great truth , Sir ...
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... sure , which no man shall diminish or augment . " I shall never envy the honours which wit and " learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be " numbered among the writers who have given " ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth ...
... sure , which no man shall diminish or augment . " I shall never envy the honours which wit and " learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be " numbered among the writers who have given " ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth ...
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... sure to grant to Johnson a pension of three hun- dred pounds a year . The Earl of Bute was minister . Lord Loughborough , who , perhaps , was originally a mover in the business , had authority to mention it . He was well acquainted with ...
... sure to grant to Johnson a pension of three hun- dred pounds a year . The Earl of Bute was minister . Lord Loughborough , who , perhaps , was originally a mover in the business , had authority to mention it . He was well acquainted with ...
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... sure to disobey them . The pre- " sent manners of the nation would deride autho- rity , and therefore nothing is left , but that " writer should criticize himself . " This surely is not conclusive . It is by the standard of the best ...
... sure to disobey them . The pre- " sent manners of the nation would deride autho- rity , and therefore nothing is left , but that " writer should criticize himself . " This surely is not conclusive . It is by the standard of the best ...
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Page 55 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
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.
Page 156 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 55 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed 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.
Page 86 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 157 - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
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.
Page 55 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, 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.
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.