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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... sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pursuits , and those who lived most in intimacy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was a proper opportunity , take delight in expatiating upon the various merits of the ...
... sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pursuits , and those who lived most in intimacy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was a proper opportunity , take delight in expatiating upon the various merits of the ...
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... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipulation to your recollection as I shall be loth to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them over ...
... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipulation to your recollection as I shall be loth to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them over ...
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... sure a man of uncommon abilities ; with a great quantity of matter in his mind , and a great fluency of language in his mouth . But we are not to be stunned and astonished by him . ' So you see , Sir , even Burke would suffer , not from ...
... sure a man of uncommon abilities ; with a great quantity of matter in his mind , and a great fluency of language in his mouth . But we are not to be stunned and astonished by him . ' So you see , Sir , even Burke would suffer , not from ...
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... sure to have company enough come to her . " I agreed with my illustrious friend upon this subject ; for it has pleased God to make man a com- posite animal , and where there is nothing to refresh the body , the mind will languish . 66 ...
... sure to have company enough come to her . " I agreed with my illustrious friend upon this subject ; for it has pleased God to make man a com- posite animal , and where there is nothing to refresh the body , the mind will languish . 66 ...
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... Sure , Sir , you don't think a resolution of the House of Com- mons equal to the law of the land . " WILKES ( at once perceiv- ing the application ) . " God forbid , Sir . " - To hear what had been treated with such violence in " The ...
... Sure , Sir , you don't think a resolution of the House of Com- mons equal to the law of the land . " WILKES ( at once perceiv- ing the application ) . " God forbid , Sir . " - To hear what had been treated with such violence in " The ...
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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.