Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated ' . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and good disposition , that he was never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times ...
... respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated ' . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and good disposition , that he was never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times ...
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... an enthusi- asm with respect to visiting the Wall of China . ' Post , April 10 , 1778 . Johnson had had some desire to go upon Captain Cook's expedition in 1772. Ante , March 21 , 1772 . JOHNSON . 8 Omai . [ A.D. 1776 . JOHNSON . '
... an enthusi- asm with respect to visiting the Wall of China . ' Post , April 10 , 1778 . Johnson had had some desire to go upon Captain Cook's expedition in 1772. Ante , March 21 , 1772 . JOHNSON . 8 Omai . [ A.D. 1776 . JOHNSON . '
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... respect may be overwhelmed by grossness . A man of learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his ...
... respect may be overwhelmed by grossness . A man of learning may be so vicious or so ridiculous that you cannot respect him . A common soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his ...
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... respect paid to the military character in France was mentioned . BOSWELL . I should think that where military men are numerous , they would be less valued as not being rare . ' JOHN- SON . ' Nay , Sir , wherever a particular character ...
... respect paid to the military character in France was mentioned . BOSWELL . I should think that where military men are numerous , they would be less valued as not being rare . ' JOHN- SON . ' Nay , Sir , wherever a particular character ...
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... respect from the juniors . However ignorant or un- worthy a senior fellow may be , yet the slightest disrespect is treated as the greatest crime of which an aca- demic can be guilty . ' Ib . p . 201 . The Proctors gave far ' more ...
... respect from the juniors . However ignorant or un- worthy a senior fellow may be , yet the slightest disrespect is treated as the greatest crime of which an aca- demic can be guilty . ' Ib . p . 201 . The Proctors gave far ' more ...
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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?