The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... to the Hebrides James Boswell. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE LIBRARY OF PROF . GEORGE F. SWAIN OCT . 20 , 1933 CHISWICK PRESS : -C WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . 1781 . Et . 72 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . 16474.11.2.
... to the Hebrides James Boswell. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE LIBRARY OF PROF . GEORGE F. SWAIN OCT . 20 , 1933 CHISWICK PRESS : -C WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . 1781 . Et . 72 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . 16474.11.2.
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... Court , and made kind inquiries about my family ; and as we were in a hurry , going different ways , I promised to call on him next day . He said he was engaged to go out in the morning . Early , Sir ? " said I. JOHNSON . " Why , Sir ...
... Court , and made kind inquiries about my family ; and as we were in a hurry , going different ways , I promised to call on him next day . He said he was engaged to go out in the morning . Early , Sir ? " said I. JOHNSON . " Why , Sir ...
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... Court of Chancery , and well known in polite circles . My acquaintance with him is not sufficient to enable me to speak of him from my own judgment . But I know that both at Eton and Oxford he was the intimate friend of the late Sir ...
... Court of Chancery , and well known in polite circles . My acquaintance with him is not sufficient to enable me to speak of him from my own judgment . But I know that both at Eton and Oxford he was the intimate friend of the late Sir ...
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... court to the Muses : - 66 : - to the chosen few Who dare excel , thy fost'ring aid afford ; Their arts , their magic powers , with honours due Exalt ; but be thyself what they record . " - Johnson had called twice on the Bishop of ...
... court to the Muses : - 66 : - to the chosen few Who dare excel , thy fost'ring aid afford ; Their arts , their magic powers , with honours due Exalt ; but be thyself what they record . " - Johnson had called twice on the Bishop of ...
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... court of justiciary in 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 approved of it by a great majority , and ...
... court of justiciary in 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 approved of it by a great majority , and ...
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Page 306 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, 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 9 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 222 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Page 51 - The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Page 59 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humor, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.