The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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Page 48
... those animals . JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it would be admired . We have feen fine fidlers whom we liked as little as toads . " ( laugh- ing . ) Talking on the fubject of tafte in the arts , he faid , that difference of tafte was , in truth ...
... those animals . JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it would be admired . We have feen fine fidlers whom we liked as little as toads . " ( laugh- ing . ) Talking on the fubject of tafte in the arts , he faid , that difference of tafte was , in truth ...
Page 68
... those discoveries be true without their being raf- cals . " JOHNSON . " Confider , Sir ; would any of them have been willing to have had it known that they intrigued with France ? Depend upon it , Sir , he who does what he is afraid ...
... those discoveries be true without their being raf- cals . " JOHNSON . " Confider , Sir ; would any of them have been willing to have had it known that they intrigued with France ? Depend upon it , Sir , he who does what he is afraid ...
Page 78
... those kinds of knowledge which produce wisdom , power , and force , fo as to enable one man to have the government of others ; but that a man is not in any degree lessened by others knowing as well as he what 1773 . what ends in mere ...
... those kinds of knowledge which produce wisdom , power , and force , fo as to enable one man to have the government of others ; but that a man is not in any degree lessened by others knowing as well as he what 1773 . what ends in mere ...
Page 104
... those lands ; by the fame power that grants the lands , the rights alfo are granted . The right loft to the patron falls not to the people , but is either retained by the Crown , or , what to the people is the fame thing , is by the ...
... those lands ; by the fame power that grants the lands , the rights alfo are granted . The right loft to the patron falls not to the people , but is either retained by the Crown , or , what to the people is the fame thing , is by the ...
Page 107
... those who do not favour him , have nurfed up in their bofoms principles of hatred and reasons of rejection . An- ger is excited principally by pride . The pride of a common man is very little exasperated by the fuppofed ufurpation of an ...
... those who do not favour him , have nurfed up in their bofoms principles of hatred and reasons of rejection . An- ger is excited principally by pride . The pride of a common man is very little exasperated by the fuppofed ufurpation of an ...
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Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf