The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent & Company, 1901 |
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... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
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... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how ...
... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how ...
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... hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 . 2 [ Speaking himself of ...
... hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 . 2 [ Speaking himself of ...
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... hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother an event which I pray GOD may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not ...
... hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother an event which I pray GOD may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not ...
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... hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his ...
... hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his ...
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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.