The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have been pleased to favour me with ...
... never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have been pleased to favour me with ...
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James Boswell. · would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
James Boswell. · would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
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... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
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... never had per- severing diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . * As I had the ...
... never had per- severing diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . * As I had the ...
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... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
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Page 197 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 196 - World' that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 331 - I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 196 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Page 323 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Page 145 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Page 280 - Shakspeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he ! " He this year lent his friendly assistance to correct and improve a pamphlet written by Mr.
Page 229 - He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Page 58 - ... into her head the fantastical notion that a woman of spirit should use her lover like a dog. So, sir, at first she told me that I rode too fast, and she could not keep up with me ; and when I rode a little slower, she passed me and complained that I lagged behind. I was not to be made the slave of caprice, and I resolved to begin as I meant to end. I therefore pushed on briskly, till I was fairly out of her sight. The road lay between two hedges, so I was sure she could not miss it, and I contrived...
Page xv - Marmor Norfolciense ; or, an Essay on an Ancient Prophetical Inscription, in Monkish Rhyme, lately discovered near Lynne, in Norfolk, by Probus Britannicus...