The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published ...T. Cadell, 1822 |
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... March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died . * acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the Publick to the Performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted ...
... March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died . * acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the Publick to the Performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted ...
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... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
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... March , 1776 . 9 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in ...
... March , 1776 . 9 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in ...
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... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- 66 Igneus est ollis vigor et cælestis origo . " The history of his mind as to ...
... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- 66 Igneus est ollis vigor et cælestis origo . " The history of his mind as to ...
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... March 2 , 1737 . " I HAD the favour of yours , and am extremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affec- tion for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend ...
... March 2 , 1737 . " I HAD the favour of yours , and am extremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affec- tion for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend ...
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Page 210 - When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page xxxvi - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Page 148 - 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 resign'd...
Page 211 - 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. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Page 398 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Page 356 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested- him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 211 - 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. 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 211 - 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? 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 335 - 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 244 - ... the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.