Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... kind of be- 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.
... kind of be- 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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... kind of grain . He did not take meat . He drank green tea . At one time he weighed thirty - two stones . His work shews the great change in the use of fermented liquors since his time . Thus he says : - ' For nearly twenty years I ...
... kind of grain . He did not take meat . He drank green tea . At one time he weighed thirty - two stones . His work shews the great change in the use of fermented liquors since his time . Thus he says : - ' For nearly twenty years I ...
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... kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common ( ' Obscenity and impiety , ' Johnson ...
... kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common ( ' Obscenity and impiety , ' Johnson ...
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... kind note from Dr. Johnson , that he should sit at home all the evening . I went to him directly , and before Mr. and Mrs. Thrale returned , we had by ourselves some hours of tea - drinking and talk . I shall group together such of his ...
... kind note from Dr. Johnson , that he should sit at home all the evening . I went to him directly , and before Mr. and Mrs. Thrale returned , we had by ourselves some hours of tea - drinking and talk . I shall group together such of his ...
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... Fields in expectation that Wilkes would go thence to the House of Commons . Some kind of a riot arose , a procla- mation was made in the terms of the Riot - Act , and the soldiers firing by Of Blair's GRave . Of the father of one of our.
... Fields in expectation that Wilkes would go thence to the House of Commons . Some kind of a riot arose , a procla- mation was made in the terms of the Riot - Act , and the soldiers firing by Of Blair's GRave . Of the father of one of our.
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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?