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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... 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 Provi- dence has enabled me to do for myself ...
... 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 Provi- dence has enabled me to do for myself ...
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... hope to remove by my book , [ the Dictionary , ] which now draws towards its end ; but which I cannot finish to my mind , without visiting the libraries of Oxford , which I there- fore hope to see in a fortnight . ( 2 ) I know not how ...
... hope to remove by my book , [ the Dictionary , ] which now draws towards its end ; but which I cannot finish to my mind , without visiting the libraries of Oxford , which I there- fore hope to see in a fortnight . ( 2 ) I know not how ...
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... hope , dear Sir , that you do not regret the change of London for Oxford . Mr. Baretti is well , and Miss Williams ; and we shall all be glad to hear from you , whenever you shall be so kind as to write to , Sir , your most humble ...
... hope , dear Sir , that you do not regret the change of London for Oxford . Mr. Baretti is well , and Miss Williams ; and we shall all be glad to hear from you , whenever you shall be so kind as to write to , Sir , your most humble ...
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... hope he will not suffer so much as I yet suffer for the loss of mine . Οἴμοι · τι δ ' οἴμοι ; Θνῆτα γὰρ πεπόνθαμεν . ( 1 ) I have ever since seemed to myself broken off from mankind ; a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life ...
... hope he will not suffer so much as I yet suffer for the loss of mine . Οἴμοι · τι δ ' οἴμοι ; Θνῆτα γὰρ πεπόνθαμεν . ( 1 ) I have ever since seemed to myself broken off from mankind ; a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life ...
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... hope , however , the critics will let me be at peace ; for though I do not much fear their skill and strength , I am a little afraid of myself , and would not willingly feel so much ill - will in my bosom as lite- rary quarrels are apt ...
... hope , however , the critics will let me be at peace ; for though I do not much fear their skill and strength , I am a little afraid of myself , and would not willingly feel so much ill - will in my bosom as lite- rary quarrels are apt ...
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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.