The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1922 |
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... passed through the press ; but after having completed his very laborious and admirable edition of SHAKESPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his ...
... passed through the press ; but after having completed his very laborious and admirable edition of SHAKESPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his ...
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... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
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... passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds ...
... passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds ...
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... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakespeare at a period ...
... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakespeare at a period ...
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... passed there the happiest part of his life . " But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances , and how little any of us know of the real internal state even of those whom we see most frequently ; for the truth is , that he ...
... passed there the happiest part of his life . " But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances , and how little any of us know of the real internal state even of those whom we see most frequently ; for the truth is , that he ...
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Page 186 - 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? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 187 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Page 186 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 371 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 142 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Page 186 - ... 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. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Page 191 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Page 348 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 401 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Page 505 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all