Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Loughborough . ( On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our journey . I men- tioned that old Mr. Sheridan complained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne2 and General Fraser , who had been much ...
... Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Loughborough . ( On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our journey . I men- tioned that old Mr. Sheridan complained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne2 and General Fraser , who had been much ...
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... - lief that Edmund Burke does ; he has so much knowledge , so much animation , and the consciousness of so much fame . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 212 . See ante , i . 446 . Thrale's , . 6 The projected tour to Italy . [ A.D. 1776.
... - lief that Edmund Burke does ; he has so much knowledge , so much animation , and the consciousness of so much fame . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 212 . See ante , i . 446 . Thrale's , . 6 The projected tour to Italy . [ A.D. 1776.
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... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale should take place , of which he had enter- tained some doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly ...
... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale should take place , of which he had enter- tained some doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly ...
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... Italian tour , on Baretti , in a marginal note on Piozzi Letters , i . 311 , says : - ' Mr. Thrale , who was a worldly man , and followed the direction of his own feelings with no philosophical or Christian distinctions , having now ...
... Italian tour , on Baretti , in a marginal note on Piozzi Letters , i . 311 , says : - ' Mr. Thrale , who was a worldly man , and followed the direction of his own feelings with no philosophical or Christian distinctions , having now ...
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... Italian tour . 19 which , I flattered myself , he and Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Johnson were soon to set out ; and ... Italy " ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed ...
... Italian tour . 19 which , I flattered myself , he and Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Johnson were soon to set out ; and ... Italy " ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed ...
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الصفحة 380 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
الصفحة 455 - 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.
الصفحة 455 - 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 ruins of lona.
الصفحة 381 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
الصفحة 154 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates, and masters, the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants, about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it...
الصفحة 302 - He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling ; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
الصفحة 72 - To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool.
الصفحة 13 - I was never summoned to attend even the ceremony of a lecture; and, excepting one voluntary visit to his rooms during the eight months of his titular office, the tutor and pupil lived in the same college as strangers to...
الصفحة 358 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
الصفحة 159 - Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?