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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... Letter to Mrs. Chapone on Lord Carlisle's play Letter to Boswell . Meeting of the old Club in Ivy Lane A new club instituted 138 Johnson's intercession for Lowe , the painter . 139 • 154 157 160 162 164 169 172 176-177 177 • 181 182 ...
... Letter to Mrs. Chapone on Lord Carlisle's play Letter to Boswell . Meeting of the old Club in Ivy Lane A new club instituted 138 Johnson's intercession for Lowe , the painter . 139 • 154 157 160 162 164 169 172 176-177 177 • 181 182 ...
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... letter to me , accompanying the valuable communication , I do eminent honour to my great friend , I shall entirely ... letters , which I believe were all that I ever received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in ...
... letter to me , accompanying the valuable communication , I do eminent honour to my great friend , I shall entirely ... letters , which I believe were all that I ever received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in ...
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... letter which you will receive from the hands of my friend Mr. Chambers ; a man whose purity of manners and vigour of mind are sufficient to make every thing welcome that he brings . 1 " That this is my only reason for writing will be ...
... letter which you will receive from the hands of my friend Mr. Chambers ; a man whose purity of manners and vigour of mind are sufficient to make every thing welcome that he brings . 1 " That this is my only reason for writing will be ...
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... letter - writing . JOHNSON . " It is now become so much the fashion to publish letters , that , in order to avoid it , I put as little into mine as I can . ” BOSWELL . 66 Do what you will , Sir , you cannot avoid it . Should you even ...
... letter - writing . JOHNSON . " It is now become so much the fashion to publish letters , that , in order to avoid it , I put as little into mine as I can . ” BOSWELL . 66 Do what you will , Sir , you cannot avoid it . Should you even ...
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... letter however is given from the Reynolds MSS . on Mr. Croker's authority . - Editor . 1 The will of King Alfred , alluded to in this letter , from the original Saxon , in the library of Mr. Astle , has been printed at the expense of ...
... letter however is given from the Reynolds MSS . on Mr. Croker's authority . - Editor . 1 The will of King Alfred , alluded to in this letter , from the original Saxon , in the library of Mr. Astle , has been printed at the expense of ...
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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.