The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1831 - Authors, English |
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... observed , that a gentleman of eminence in li- terature had got into a bad style of poetry of late . " He puts , " said he , " a very common thing in a strange dress , till he does not know it himself , and thinks other people do not ...
... observed , that a gentleman of eminence in li- terature had got into a bad style of poetry of late . " He puts , " said he , " a very common thing in a strange dress , till he does not know it himself , and thinks other people do not ...
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... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words ...
... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words ...
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... observed , " It is true all this excludes only one evil ; but how much good does it let in ! " - First edition . To this observa- tion much praise has been justly given . Let me then now do myself the honour to mention that the lady who ...
... observed , " It is true all this excludes only one evil ; but how much good does it let in ! " - First edition . To this observa- tion much praise has been justly given . Let me then now do myself the honour to mention that the lady who ...
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... observed , also , Goldsmith's " Animated Nature ; " and said , " Here's our friend ! The poor doctor would have been happy to hear of this . " وو In our way , Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise 1 ...
... observed , also , Goldsmith's " Animated Nature ; " and said , " Here's our friend ! The poor doctor would have been happy to hear of this . " وو In our way , Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise 1 ...
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... observed it was too dear ; for that he could have vessels of silver , of the same size , as cheap as what were here made of porcelain1 . I felt a pleasure in walking about Derby , such as I always have in walking about any town to which ...
... observed it was too dear ; for that he could have vessels of silver , of the same size , as cheap as what were here made of porcelain1 . I felt a pleasure in walking about Derby , such as I always have in walking about any town to which ...
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Page 465 - ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Page 15 - No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford." To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the dulcedo of the natale solum.
Page 398 - My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 464 - It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear...
Page 110 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Page 238 - I reminded him how heartily he and I used to drink wine together, when we were first acquainted ; and how I used to have a headache after sitting up with him. He did not like to have this recalled, or, perhaps, thinking that I boasted improperly, resolved to have a witty stroke at ine ; " Nay, sir, it was not the wine that made your head ache, but the sense that I put into it.
Page 180 - We talked of antiquarian researches. JOHNSON. " All that is really known of the ancient state of Britain is contained in a few pages. We can know no more than what the old writers have told us...
Page 1 - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Page 426 - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery. What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or what more than to hold your tongue about it?
Page 465 - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.