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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... expect an humiliating recantation , no apology what- ever has been made in the cool of the evening , for the oppressive fervour of the heat of the day ; no slight relenting indication has appeared in any note , or any corner of later ...
... expect an humiliating recantation , no apology what- ever has been made in the cool of the evening , for the oppressive fervour of the heat of the day ; no slight relenting indication has appeared in any note , or any corner of later ...
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... expect from bishops the highest degree of decorum ; he was offended even at their going to taverns : " A bishop , ' said he , " has nothing to do at a tippling - house . It is not indeed immoral in him to go to a tavern ; neither would ...
... expect from bishops the highest degree of decorum ; he was offended even at their going to taverns : " A bishop , ' said he , " has nothing to do at a tippling - house . It is not indeed immoral in him to go to a tavern ; neither would ...
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... expect the same approbation from sober men which they have found from their flatterers after the third bottle : if a little glittering in discourse has In this I think he was more liberal than Mr. IV . F ÆT . 72 . 65 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
... expect the same approbation from sober men which they have found from their flatterers after the third bottle : if a little glittering in discourse has In this I think he was more liberal than Mr. IV . F ÆT . 72 . 65 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
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... expect that the first effort towards civilization would re- move it even among savages . ' 6 9.99 ' Hints for Civil Conversation . Bacon's Works , 4to . , vol . i . , p . 571.- Malone . [ Vol . vii . , p . 109. Spedding's Edition ...
... expect that the first effort towards civilization would re- move it even among savages . ' 6 9.99 ' Hints for Civil Conversation . Bacon's Works , 4to . , vol . i . , p . 571.- Malone . [ Vol . vii . , p . 109. Spedding's Edition ...
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... expect less of them , and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly . " On his return from Heale he wrote to Dr. Burney : - " I came home on the 18th of September , at noon , to a very disconsolate ...
... expect less of them , and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly . " On his return from Heale he wrote to Dr. Burney : - " I came home on the 18th of September , at noon , to a very disconsolate ...
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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.