Johnsoniana..John Sharpe, 1820 - 178 pages |
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... common intercourse of life , which does not appear to be much connected with it . " BOSWELL . " And yet people go through the world very well , and carry on the business of life to good advantage , without learning . " JOHNSON . " Why ...
... common intercourse of life , which does not appear to be much connected with it . " BOSWELL . " And yet people go through the world very well , and carry on the business of life to good advantage , without learning . " JOHNSON . " Why ...
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... common punish- ment , and bids defiance to all common degrees of pain . Correction must be proportioned to occa- sions . The flexible will be reformed by gentle discipline , and the refractory must be subdued by harsher methods . The ...
... common punish- ment , and bids defiance to all common degrees of pain . Correction must be proportioned to occa- sions . The flexible will be reformed by gentle discipline , and the refractory must be subdued by harsher methods . The ...
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... common constitutions . " Subsequently , however , when seventy - five , John- son wrote to Dr. Burney : " The weather , you know , has not been balmy ; I am now reduced to think , and am at last reduced to talk , of the weather . Pride ...
... common constitutions . " Subsequently , however , when seventy - five , John- son wrote to Dr. Burney : " The weather , you know , has not been balmy ; I am now reduced to think , and am at last reduced to talk , of the weather . Pride ...
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... common topic , whether mankind in ge- neral have grown worse or better , the following dialogue took place between Johnson and some friends . E. " From the experience which I have had- and I have had a great deal - I have learnt to ...
... common topic , whether mankind in ge- neral have grown worse or better , the following dialogue took place between Johnson and some friends . E. " From the experience which I have had- and I have had a great deal - I have learnt to ...
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... common prejudice . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , but a common prejudice should not be found in one whose trade it is to rectify error . " No. VII . LOVE , FRIENDSHIP , AND AFFECTION . Or the passion of love he remarked , " Its violence and ...
... common prejudice . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , but a common prejudice should not be found in one whose trade it is to rectify error . " No. VII . LOVE , FRIENDSHIP , AND AFFECTION . Or the passion of love he remarked , " Its violence and ...
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Page 16 - Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Page 34 - An historian ! My dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of this age ?
Page 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
Page 109 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.
Page 168 - ... appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality of another opinion, does not such dissimulation impair one's honesty ? Is there not some danger that a, lawyer may put on the same mask in common life, in the intercourse with his friends?
Page 104 - Why, Sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Page 80 - 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 12 - No man could have paid a handsomer compliment '; and it was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered " No, sir. When the king had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.
Page 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Page 105 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.