Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... written by Johnson . A Bookseller of the Last Century , p . 138. See ante , i . 159 . 3 Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale on : the birth of a second son who died early ' I congratulate you upon your boy ; but you must not think that I shall ...
... written by Johnson . A Bookseller of the Last Century , p . 138. See ante , i . 159 . 3 Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale on : the birth of a second son who died early ' I congratulate you upon your boy ; but you must not think that I shall ...
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... written : - ' Such is the nature of the human mind , that it always takes hold of every mind that ap- proaches it ; and as it is wonderfully fortified and corroborated by an unanimity of sentiments , so is it shocked and disturbed by ...
... written : - ' Such is the nature of the human mind , that it always takes hold of every mind that ap- proaches it ; and as it is wonderfully fortified and corroborated by an unanimity of sentiments , so is it shocked and disturbed by ...
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... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life - time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not regard ...
... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life - time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not regard ...
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... written ; for a great deal is 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 ...
... written ; for a great deal is 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 ...
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... written to Cheyne . 2 " " Solitude , " he said one day , " is dangerous to reason , without being favourable to virtue ; pleasures of some sort are necessary to the in- tellectual as to the corporeal health ; and those who resist gaiety ...
... written to Cheyne . 2 " " Solitude , " he said one day , " is dangerous to reason , without being favourable to virtue ; pleasures of some sort are necessary to the in- tellectual as to the corporeal health ; and those who resist gaiety ...
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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?