The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... Scotland , and had promised to pay a visit , in my way , as I some- times did , at Southill , in Bedfordshire , at the hospita- ble mansion of ' Squire Dilly , the elder brother of my worthy friends , the booksellers in the Poultry . Dr ...
... Scotland , and had promised to pay a visit , in my way , as I some- times did , at Southill , in Bedfordshire , at the hospita- ble mansion of ' Squire Dilly , the elder brother of my worthy friends , the booksellers in the Poultry . Dr ...
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... Scotland , where he offici ated as minister to a congregation of the sect who call themselves Unitarians , from a notion that they distinctively worship ONE GOD , because they deny the mysterious doctrine of the TRINITY . They do not ...
... Scotland , where he offici ated as minister to a congregation of the sect who call themselves Unitarians , from a notion that they distinctively worship ONE GOD , because they deny the mysterious doctrine of the TRINITY . They do not ...
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... Scotland sentenced him to transportation for fourteen years . A loud clamour against this sentence was made by some Members of both Houses of Parliament ; but both Houses ap- proved of it by a great majority ; and he was conveyed to the ...
... Scotland sentenced him to transportation for fourteen years . A loud clamour against this sentence was made by some Members of both Houses of Parliament ; but both Houses ap- proved of it by a great majority ; and he was conveyed to the ...
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... Scotland . This petition I was engaged to answer , and Dr. Johnson , with great alacrity , furnished me this evening with what follows : " All injury is either of the person , the fortune , or the fame . Now it is a certain thing , it ...
... Scotland . This petition I was engaged to answer , and Dr. Johnson , with great alacrity , furnished me this evening with what follows : " All injury is either of the person , the fortune , or the fame . Now it is a certain thing , it ...
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... Scotland , he said , " As an Englishman , I should wish all the Scotch gentlemen should be educated in England ; Scotland would become a province ; they would spend all their rents in England . " This is a subject of much consequence ...
... Scotland , he said , " As an Englishman , I should wish all the Scotch gentlemen should be educated in England ; Scotland would become a province ; they would spend all their rents in England . " This is a subject of much consequence ...
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Page 288 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 24 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 23 - Condemn'd to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills Affection's eye, Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor...
Page 165 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 258 - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago, I desired to atone for this fault; I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bareheaded in the rain, on the spot where my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory...
Page 24 - His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the' Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Page 198 - Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Page 102 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished?
Page 314 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Page 52 - There must, in the first place, be knowledge, there must be materials ;—in the second place, there must be a command of words ;— in the third place, there must be imagination, to place things in such views as they are not commonly seen in ;—and in the fourth place, there must be presence of mind, and a resolution that it is not to be overcome by failures : this last is an essential requisite ; for want of it, many people do not excel in conversation. Now / want it; I throw up the game upon...