...n. I. However, in 1778 Johnson insisted on the dignity of the warlike professions (ibid., 3. 301) : We talked of war. JOHNSON. "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a toldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL. "Lord Mansfield does not." JOHNSON. "Sir, if Lord Mansfield...

...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing : as one man wears his coat...out much sooner than another, we cannot tell how.' In a later passage Boswell tells us that Johnson's liberality to persons in distress was extraordinary....

...entertain the idea that Shakespeare's soldier heroes were heroes to him. 'Every man', said Johnson, 'thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.'10 As a great poetic dramatist Shakespeare heightened all the elements in the story he dramatized....

...Johnson found much to admire in the profession of arms. When he expressed his celebrated opinion that "every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier," for instance, he no doubt meant what he said. The comment that follows this remark is even more interesting,...

...ADDRESS. -Humble Represen [a I i on," 1 647, to the English Parliament by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers. 16 l. 1 , 'The Literature of Malicious Exposure" (1926). 7 Heav'n has no Rage like Love to Hatr SAMUEL IOHNSON (1709-84), English author, lexicographer. Quoted in: (ames Bos well. Life oí Samuel...

...equivalent of the Combat Infantry Badge. Nor did Samuel Johnson greatly exaggerate when he said that every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier or not having been to sea. In the nineteenth century, William James called for a "moral equivalent of war." Such an equivalent,...

...Army of Mercenaries," no. 37, Last Poems (1922). Repr. in The Collected Poems of AE Housman(1939). 9 Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Quoted in lames Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson,...

...5095 Boswell - Life All argument is against it [ghostsl; but all belief is for it. 5096 Boswell - Life / 5097 Rnsuvll - Life A mere antiquarian is a rugged being. 5098 Boswell - Life Were it not for imagination,...

...speeches in the House of Commons lames Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson ( 1 79 1 ) 3 April 1 77« 28 IA'cry man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Jmncs lioswell Lift' of Samuel ¡ohnson ( I 79 1 ) io April I 778 29 Johnson had said that he could...

...to Hong Kong for a wild night or two; find out for ourselves if Chinese girls were built crossways. "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier" —Samuel Johnson (l709-84) Across the road, Gordon Barr, a year ahead of Jimmy and me at Watertown...