The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, 1815 - 639 pages |
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... hand , the most perfect portrait of an eminent man that ancient or modern times have beheld ; nor the temerity to ... hands of the public , to form a right idea of what should be given to the world , and what should be 8 THE LIFE OF.
... hand , the most perfect portrait of an eminent man that ancient or modern times have beheld ; nor the temerity to ... hands of the public , to form a right idea of what should be given to the world , and what should be 8 THE LIFE OF.
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... hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr Adams told me I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there * . " He had already given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school ...
... hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr Adams told me I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there * . " He had already given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school ...
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... insanity ; in conformity with which notion he applied , when he was at the very worst , to his godfather , Dr Swinfen , phy- sician in Lichfield , and put into his hands a state of his case , written in Latin , with 26 THE LIFE OF.
... insanity ; in conformity with which notion he applied , when he was at the very worst , to his godfather , Dr Swinfen , phy- sician in Lichfield , and put into his hands a state of his case , written in Latin , with 26 THE LIFE OF.
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... hand , he flung them away with indig- nation . While thus oppressed by want , he seems to have yielded to that indifference to fame and improvement , which is the offspring of despair . " He was generally seen , " says Bishop Percy , 66 ...
... hand , he flung them away with indig- nation . While thus oppressed by want , he seems to have yielded to that indifference to fame and improvement , which is the offspring of despair . " He was generally seen , " says Bishop Percy , 66 ...
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... hand - writing , he gave to Mr Lang- ton , a few days before his death ; who made a fair and distinct copy of the manuscript , which he ordered to be bound up with the original and the printed tragedy , and depo- sited the volume in the ...
... hand - writing , he gave to Mr Lang- ton , a few days before his death ; who made a fair and distinct copy of the manuscript , which he ordered to be bound up with the original and the printed tragedy , and depo- sited the volume in the ...
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Page 509 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 296 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 568 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 210 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 209 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an...
Page 97 - Then, sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing." The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson; one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Page 570 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Page 287 - ... and knees of his breeches were loose, his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk.
Page 95 - It has been confidently related, with many embellishments, that Johnson one day knocked Osborne down in his shop, with a folio, and put his foot upon his neck. The simple truth I had from Johnson himself. "Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in his shop: it was in my own chamber.
Page 36 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me.