The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent & Company, 1901 |
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... given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at ...
... given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at ...
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... given over to unattractive places of busi- ness , but formerly described by topographers as " fashionable . " In the interior the house is much altered , though it still reveals an ancient oak - balustraded staircase , while at the ...
... given over to unattractive places of busi- ness , but formerly described by topographers as " fashionable . " In the interior the house is much altered , though it still reveals an ancient oak - balustraded staircase , while at the ...
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... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
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... given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
... given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
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... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the ...
... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the ...
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Page 167 - 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 167 - 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. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 166 - 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 283 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Page 121 - 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 58 - Lichfield as an officer of the army, and had at this time a house in London, where Johnson was frequently entertained, and had an opportunity of meeting genteel company. Not very long before his death he mentioned this, among other particulars of his life, which he was kindly communicating to me ; and he described this early friend, " Harry Hervey," thus : " He was a vicious man, but very kind to me. If you call a dog HERVEY, I shall love him.
Page 336 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 304 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Page 225 - Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and had never since read it over.
Page 438 - I from concealing her, that my wife had at that time almost as numerous an acquaintance in London as I had myself; and was, not very long after, kindly invited and elegantly entertained at Streatham by Mr.