Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to ...
... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to ...
الصفحة 11
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , Sir , how should you like , 1 ' There is a time when every man is weary of raising difficulties only to task ...
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , Sir , how should you like , 1 ' There is a time when every man is weary of raising difficulties only to task ...
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... truth ; the English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers ...
... truth ; the English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers ...
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... truth should be told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
... truth should be told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
الصفحة 17
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . ' Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody ' attempts to dispute that two ...
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . ' Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody ' attempts to dispute that two ...
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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?