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... London Chronicle ; acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a poem , in the Critical Review ; acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes , 8vo . with notes ; acknowl . 1766. The Fountains , a Fairy Tale , in ...
... London Chronicle ; acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a poem , in the Critical Review ; acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes , 8vo . with notes ; acknowl . 1766. The Fountains , a Fairy Tale , in ...
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... London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind have the fullest scope , and the highest encou- ragement . It is a memorable circumstance that his pupil , David Garrick , went thither at the same time ...
... London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind have the fullest scope , and the highest encou- ragement . It is a memorable circumstance that his pupil , David Garrick , went thither at the same time ...
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... London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catherine - street , in the ...
... London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catherine - street , in the ...
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... London , where Johnson was frequently entertained , and had an opportunity of meeting genteel company . Not very long before his death , he mentioned this , among other particulars of his life , which he was kindly communicating to me ...
... London , where Johnson was frequently entertained , and had an opportunity of meeting genteel company . Not very long before his death , he mentioned this , among other particulars of his life , which he was kindly communicating to me ...
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... London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one of those ...
... London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one of those ...
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Page 173 - 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; till I am known, and do not want it. I 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 Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 172 - ... 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 native...
Page 172 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...
Page 202 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 173 - 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 281 - Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, "That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Page 121 - 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 332 - 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 241 - ... 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. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the...
Page 205 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.