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Page xxix
... March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died . * acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the Publick to the Performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted ...
... March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died . * acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the Publick to the Performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted ...
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... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
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... March , 1776 . 9 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in ...
... March , 1776 . 9 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in ...
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... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment— " Igneus est ollis vigor et cælestis origo . ” The history of his mind as to ...
... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment— " Igneus est ollis vigor et cælestis origo . ” The history of his mind as to ...
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... March 2 , 1737 . " I HAD the favour of yours , and am extremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affec- tion for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend ...
... March 2 , 1737 . " I HAD the favour of yours , and am extremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affec- tion for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend ...
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Page xxvi - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Page 203 - 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 237 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Page 356 - 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!
Page 396 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 203 - 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 202 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page 386 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Page 207 - Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that 'they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.
Page 325 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.