The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volumul 1Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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Pagina xii
... considers the biographer of Johnson as the most eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , perhaps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have ...
... considers the biographer of Johnson as the most eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , perhaps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have ...
Pagina xv
... Considering the eminent persons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without excep- tion , the best parlour - window ...
... Considering the eminent persons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without excep- tion , the best parlour - window ...
Pagina xvi
... consider his de- lineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trival obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full ...
... consider his de- lineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trival obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full ...
Pagina 25
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous , task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own Life , in conformity with the opinion ...
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous , task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own Life , in conformity with the opinion ...
Pagina 29
... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's Conversation ; which is univer- sally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and enter- taining ; and of which the specimens that I ...
... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's Conversation ; which is univer- sally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and enter- taining ; and of which the specimens that I ...
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Pagina 216 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Pagina 217 - 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.
Pagina 59 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o'er-hanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire— why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Pagina 184 - 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 Addison.
Pagina 243 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Pagina 216 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Pagina 160 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Pagina 217 - 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,
Pagina 314 - Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you.' ' Sir,' said he, with a stern look, ' I have known David Garrick longer than you have done; and I know no right you have to talk to me on the subject.
Pagina 159 - 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...