Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... known that on the doctor's death a chemist whom he had employed meant to try to steal the business , under the pretence that he alone knew the secret of the pre- paration . A supply of powders enough to last for many years was laid in ...
... known that on the doctor's death a chemist whom he had employed meant to try to steal the business , under the pretence that he alone knew the secret of the pre- paration . A supply of powders enough to last for many years was laid in ...
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... known as one of his works ' . He said , ' Take no notice of it , ' or ' don't talk of it . ' He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , ' Your style , Sir , is much improved since you ...
... known as one of his works ' . He said , ' Take no notice of it , ' or ' don't talk of it . ' He seemed to think it beneath him , though done at six - and - twenty . I said to him , ' Your style , Sir , is much improved since you ...
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... known ; but every thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several ...
... known ; but every thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several ...
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... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged to shew some sort of evidence ...
... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray sug- gested , that the authour should be obliged to shew some sort of evidence ...
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... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , and the conclusion in 1771. An- drew Reid undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had persuaded him- himself , that he was ...
... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , and the conclusion in 1771. An- drew Reid undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had persuaded him- himself , that he was ...
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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?