The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 66
... pains in teaching him . " ] In pleasant reference to himself and Mr. Hoole , as brother authours , he often said , " Let you and I , sir , go together , and eat a beef - steak in Grub - street . " Sir William Chambers , that great ...
... pains in teaching him . " ] In pleasant reference to himself and Mr. Hoole , as brother authours , he often said , " Let you and I , sir , go together , and eat a beef - steak in Grub - street . " Sir William Chambers , that great ...
Page 100
... pain than pleasure in it . Language is scanty and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mix- tures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light ...
... pain than pleasure in it . Language is scanty and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mix- tures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light ...
Page 109
... painful , or , more properly , an oppressive con- 1 [ Dr. Lawrence , born in 1711 , died in 1783 , the 13th of June . His son , the Reverend J. Lawrence , died on the 15th . The Biographical Dictionary says that Johnson's Latin Ode to ...
... painful , or , more properly , an oppressive con- 1 [ Dr. Lawrence , born in 1711 , died in 1783 , the 13th of June . His son , the Reverend J. Lawrence , died on the 15th . The Biographical Dictionary says that Johnson's Latin Ode to ...
Page 110
... pain , and so little dejection in this dreadful state , that I wondered at my own apathy , and considered that perhaps death itself , when it should come , would excite less horrour than seems now to attend it . " In order to rouse the ...
... pain , and so little dejection in this dreadful state , that I wondered at my own apathy , and considered that perhaps death itself , when it should come , would excite less horrour than seems now to attend it . " In order to rouse the ...
Page 114
... pain . My organs were so obstructed that I could say no , but could scarcely say yes . I wrote the necessary directions , for it pleased God to spare my hand , and sent for Dr. Heberden and Dr. Brocklesby . Between the time in which I ...
... pain . My organs were so obstructed that I could say no , but could scarcely say yes . I wrote the necessary directions , for it pleased God to spare my hand , and sent for Dr. Heberden and Dr. Brocklesby . Between the time in which I ...
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