The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... Poets " , was one day sitting with me . I took down Thomson , and read aloud a large portion of him , and then asked ... poetry produced in this age . Dodsley appealed to his own collection , and maintained , that though you could not ...
... Poets " , was one day sitting with me . I took down Thomson , and read aloud a large portion of him , and then asked ... poetry produced in this age . Dodsley appealed to his own collection , and maintained , that though you could not ...
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... poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr ...
... poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr ...
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... Poem , but did not like it much . " I differed from him : for though it is not equal throughout , and is seldom elegantly ... Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... Poem , but did not like it much . " I differed from him : for though it is not equal throughout , and is seldom elegantly ... Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... poetry . George Catcot , the pewterer , who was as zealous for Rowley as Dr. Hugh Blair was for Ossian , ( I trust ... poem when I was young . " — " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... poetry . George Catcot , the pewterer , who was as zealous for Rowley as Dr. Hugh Blair was for Ossian , ( I trust ... poem when I was young . " — " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. poem when I was young . " — " Have you , sir ? Pray what have you heard ? " — " I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraor- dinary young man that has ...
James Boswell. poem when I was young . " — " Have you , sir ? Pray what have you heard ? " — " I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraor- dinary young man that has ...
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Page 156 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 156 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Page 161 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Page 150 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Page 273 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Page 237 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, 'Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Page 196 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 57 - Too, too, too," (under his breath,) which was one of his habitual mutterings. Mr. Arthur Lee could not but be very obnoxious to Johnson, for he was not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the Court of Madrid. " And who is the gentleman in lace 1 " —
Page 56 - I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a very worthy man, has frequently had agreeable parties at his house for Dr. Johnson, and will be vexed if the Doctor neglects him today. And then, Madam, be pleased to consider my situation; I carried the message, and I assured Mr.
Page 83 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.