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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... talked of laying down his pen . 66 Society [ is so named emphatically in opposition to ] politically regulated , is a state contradistinguished from a state of nature . " A fictitious life of an [ absurd ] infatuated scholar . " A ...
... talked of laying down his pen . 66 Society [ is so named emphatically in opposition to ] politically regulated , is a state contradistinguished from a state of nature . " A fictitious life of an [ absurd ] infatuated scholar . " A ...
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... talked , yet when he sits , as an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence " upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is ...
... talked , yet when he sits , as an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence " upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is ...
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... talked to him of the feeble though shrill outcry which had been raised , " Sir , I considered myself as entrusted with a cer- tain portion of truth . I have given my opinion sincerely ; let them show where they think me wrong . ' While ...
... talked to him of the feeble though shrill outcry which had been raised , " Sir , I considered myself as entrusted with a cer- tain portion of truth . I have given my opinion sincerely ; let them show where they think me wrong . ' While ...
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... talked with some disgust of his ugliness , which one would think a philosopher would not mind . Dean Marlay wittily observed , " A lady may be vain when she can turn a wolf - dog into a lap - dog . " The election for Ayrshire , my own ...
... talked with some disgust of his ugliness , which one would think a philosopher would not mind . Dean Marlay wittily observed , " A lady may be vain when she can turn a wolf - dog into a lap - dog . " The election for Ayrshire , my own ...
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... talked to us of his " History of Gustavus Adolphus , " which he said was a very good book in the German translation . JOHNSON . Harte was excessively vain . He put copies of his book in manuscript into the hands of Lord Chesterfield and ...
... talked to us of his " History of Gustavus Adolphus , " which he said was a very good book in the German translation . JOHNSON . Harte was excessively vain . He put copies of his book in manuscript into the hands of Lord Chesterfield 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.