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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... Thrale 37-38 43 Johnson one of his executors 43 Johnson's dislike of mere " patriots " 44 Defends caste 45 On apparitions Conversation with Mr. Berenger Johnson's opinion of instruction by lectures On the resurrection of the body ...
... Thrale 37-38 43 Johnson one of his executors 43 Johnson's dislike of mere " patriots " 44 Defends caste 45 On apparitions Conversation with Mr. Berenger Johnson's opinion of instruction by lectures On the resurrection of the body ...
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... Thrale becomes Mrs. Piozzi . Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes The negotiation concerning the journey to Italy Johnson erects a stone to the memory of his wife Makes a visit to Staffordshire and Derbyshire Letters to Dr. Brocklesby Mr. Hoole and ...
... Thrale becomes Mrs. Piozzi . Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes The negotiation concerning the journey to Italy Johnson erects a stone to the memory of his wife Makes a visit to Staffordshire and Derbyshire Letters to Dr. Brocklesby Mr. Hoole and ...
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... Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally in- 1 Thus : - " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a reference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long quotation is to be inserted . If Mr ...
... Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally in- 1 Thus : - " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a reference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long quotation is to be inserted . If Mr ...
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... Thrale suggests that he was offended by Molly Aston's pre- ference of his lordship to him . ' I can by no means join Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a candidate for female favour ; Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that ...
... Thrale suggests that he was offended by Molly Aston's pre- ference of his lordship to him . ' I can by no means join Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a candidate for female favour ; Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that ...
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... Thrale , with some others to the same person , of which the excellence is not so apparent : " TO MISS BOOTHBY . you " January , 1755 . " DEAREST MADAM , —Though I am afraid your illness leaves little leisure for the reception of airy ...
... Thrale , with some others to the same person , of which the excellence is not so apparent : " TO MISS BOOTHBY . you " January , 1755 . " DEAREST MADAM , —Though I am afraid your illness leaves little leisure for the reception of airy ...
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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.