Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... dinner at Sir John Pringle's3 ; and he was much pleased with the conscien- tious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's3 ; and he was much pleased with the conscien- tious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
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... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as foolish . " ' Cradock's ...
... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as foolish . " ' Cradock's ...
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... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year3 . He said , ' I am I Cheyne's English Malady , or a Treatise of ...
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year3 . He said , ' I am I Cheyne's English Malady , or a Treatise of ...
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... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson ' , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson ' , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
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... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
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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?