The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, EsqH. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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Strana ii
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flat- tery , ascribe to you . Ir a man may indulge an honest pride ...
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flat- tery , ascribe to you . Ir a man may indulge an honest pride ...
Strana xxviii
... Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes . ac- knowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale . acknowl . Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against cer- tain Persons who pirated those Papers as they ...
... Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes . ac- knowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale . acknowl . Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against cer- tain Persons who pirated those Papers as they ...
Strana 16
... common prayer- book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
... common prayer- book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
Strana 24
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
Strana 37
... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly ...
... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Úplné zobrazenie - 1804 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Úplné zobrazenie - 1799 |
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Strana 227 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Strana 226 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Strana 226 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Strana 194 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of...
Strana 372 - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Strana 225 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
Strana 54 - His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship.
Strana 164 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Strana 171 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Strana xxxii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.