The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page 85
... asked him whether he had seen the letter which War- burton had written in answer to a pamphlet , addressed ' To the most impudent man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet ...
... asked him whether he had seen the letter which War- burton had written in answer to a pamphlet , addressed ' To the most impudent man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet ...
Page 88
... asking him one evening how long it was till the post went out ; and on being told about half an hour , he exclaimed , " then we shall do very well . " He upon this instantly sat down and finished an Idler , which it was necessary should ...
... asking him one evening how long it was till the post went out ; and on being told about half an hour , he exclaimed , " then we shall do very well . " He upon this instantly sat down and finished an Idler , which it was necessary should ...
Page 112
... asking some trifling favour of him in behalf of somebody for whom the great CHAM of literature , Mr. Johnson , had interested himself . ' - M. and our lexicographer is in great distress . He says 112 1759 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... asking some trifling favour of him in behalf of somebody for whom the great CHAM of literature , Mr. Johnson , had interested himself . ' - M. and our lexicographer is in great distress . He says 112 1759 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Page 125
... asked him , whether he knew much of Rolt , and of his work . " Sir , ( said he ) I never saw the man , and never read the book . The booksellers wanted a Preface to a Dictionary of Trade and Commerce . I knew very well what such a ...
... asked him , whether he knew much of Rolt , and of his work . " Sir , ( said he ) I never saw the man , and never read the book . The booksellers wanted a Preface to a Dictionary of Trade and Commerce . I knew very well what such a ...
Page 131
... asked me what sort of plea- sure such things could afford me : I replied that , as represent- ations of nature , containing an assemblage of such particulars as render rural scenes delightful , they presented to my mind the objects ...
... asked me what sort of plea- sure such things could afford me : I replied that , as represent- ations of nature , containing an assemblage of such particulars as render rural scenes delightful , they presented to my mind the objects ...
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Page 7 - 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 8 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Page 9 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Page 8 - 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 231 - Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
Page 196 - To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit; he only bears crabs. But, sir, a tree that produces a great many crabs is better than a tree which produces only a few.
Page 48 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 97 - HONOURED MADAM, — The account which Miss [Porter] gives me of your health pierces my heart. God comfort and preserve you and save you, for the sake of Jesus Christ. " I would have Miss read to you from time to time the passion of our Saviour, and sometimes the sentences in the communion service, beginning — ' Come unto me, all ye that travel and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 51 - 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 5 - ... declare, that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship. Nay, more ; I will not only obey him like an old Roman, as my dictator, but, like a modern Roman, I will implicitly believe in him as my Pope, and hold him to be infallible while in the chair, but no longer. More than this he cannot well require ; for, I presume, that obedience can never be expected, when...