Autobiography, letters and literary remains of mrs. Piozzi, ed., with notes, by A. Hayward, Volume 1 |
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... speak from personal experience as con- fidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord ...
... speak from personal experience as con- fidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord ...
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... speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in escaping from the dilemma : " As we had been saying one day that no subject failed of receiving dignity ...
... speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in escaping from the dilemma : " As we had been saying one day that no subject failed of receiving dignity ...
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... speaking of another lady ( Miss Burney ) in the room . " As the high - flown language which he occasionally employed in addressing or discussing women , has origi- nated a theory that the basis or essence of his character was romance ...
... speaking of another lady ( Miss Burney ) in the room . " As the high - flown language which he occasionally employed in addressing or discussing women , has origi- nated a theory that the basis or essence of his character was romance ...
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... speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she exclaimed : " No , I never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson ...
... speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she exclaimed : " No , I never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson ...
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... speaking of her to Mr. Harris , author of ' Hermes , ' and expatiating on her various perfections , the solidity of her virtues , the brilliancy of her wit , and the strength of her under- standing , & c . - he quoted some lines ( a ...
... speaking of her to Mr. Harris , author of ' Hermes , ' and expatiating on her various perfections , the solidity of her virtues , the brilliancy of her wit , and the strength of her under- standing , & c . - he quoted some lines ( a ...
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Page 85 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Page 317 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 92 - Would you eat your dinner that day, Sir?" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; and eat it as if he were eating it with me. Why there's Baretti, who is to be tried for his life to-morrow, friends have risen up for him on every side ; yet if he should be hanged none of them will eat a slice of plum-pudding the less. Sir, that sympathetic feeling goes a very little way in depressing the mind.
Page 17 - ... us maun to our wark again, if our hearts were beating as hard as my hammer.
Page 158 - ... ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 77 - England and France affords a man. But when he wished to point them out to his companion: "Never heed such nonsense," would be the reply; "a blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. Let us, if we DO talk, talk about something; men and women are my subjects of inquiry; let us see how these differ from those we have left behind.
Page 269 - Johnson told me, that he went up thither without mentioning it to his servant, when he wanted to study, secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when he really was. ' A servant's strict regard for truth, (said he) must be weakened by such a practice.
Page 203 - I am sitting down in no cheerful solitude to write a narrative which would once have affected you with tenderness and sorrow, but which you will perhaps pass over now with the careless glance of frigid indifference. For this diminution of regard however, I know not whether I ought to blame you, who may have reasons which I cannot know, and I do not blame myself, who have for a great part of human life done you what good I could, and have never done you evil.
Page 330 - ... 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.
Page 76 - Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise *. " If," said he, " I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could understand me, and would add something to the conversation.