The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Volume 21835 |
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... afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had dictated to Mr. Baretti , with its title and corrections , in his own hand - writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding , that if it were to come into print , he wished ...
... afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had dictated to Mr. Baretti , with its title and corrections , in his own hand - writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding , that if it were to come into print , he wished ...
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... [ Afterwards Viscount Melville . He died in 1811. ] ( 2 ) Probably George , second Earl of Macclesfield , who pub- lished , in 1751 , a learned pamphlet on the alteration of the style , and was , in 1752 , elected President of the Royal ...
... [ Afterwards Viscount Melville . He died in 1811. ] ( 2 ) Probably George , second Earl of Macclesfield , who pub- lished , in 1751 , a learned pamphlet on the alteration of the style , and was , in 1752 , elected President of the Royal ...
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... afterwards , Mr. Wise talked much of his Cabiri . As we returned to Oxford in the even- ing , I outwalked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say ...
... afterwards , Mr. Wise talked much of his Cabiri . As we returned to Oxford in the even- ing , I outwalked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say ...
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... afterwards , one day at dinner , I was saying that Mr. Swinton ( 1 ) , the chaplain of the gaol , and also a frequent preacher before the uni- versity , a learned man , but often thoughtless and absent , preached the condemnation ...
... afterwards , one day at dinner , I was saying that Mr. Swinton ( 1 ) , the chaplain of the gaol , and also a frequent preacher before the uni- versity , a learned man , but often thoughtless and absent , preached the condemnation ...
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... afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the judges in India ( 1 ) : LETTER 27. TO MR . CHAMBERS . — " [ London , ] Nov. 21. 1754 . " DEAR SIR , The commission which I delayed to trouble you with at your departure , I am now obliged to ...
... afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the judges in India ( 1 ) : LETTER 27. TO MR . CHAMBERS . — " [ London , ] Nov. 21. 1754 . " DEAR SIR , The commission which I delayed to trouble you with at your departure , I am now obliged to ...
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Page 3 - 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 2 - 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Page 200 - 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 ! " This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 2 - 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 1 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an...
Page 243 - 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 42 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country]. " PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master]. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people].
Page 255 - Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus.
Page 98 - I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible.
Page 181 - He afterwards studied physic at Edinburgh, and upon the continent; and, I have been informed, was enabled to pursue his travels on foot, partly by demanding at universities to enter the lists as a disputant, by which, according to the custom 'of many of them, he was entitled to the premium of a crown, when luckily for him his challenge was not accepted; so that, as I once observed to Dr.