The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5J. Murray, 1831 |
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... occasion for you coming to me . You may say , in one word , yes or no , and leave the rest to Holder and me . If you consent , pray tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " When you shall be gone whither shall I turn myself ? " - ED ...
... occasion for you coming to me . You may say , in one word , yes or no , and leave the rest to Holder and me . If you consent , pray tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " When you shall be gone whither shall I turn myself ? " - ED ...
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... Gerard Hamilton ; and this was , perhaps , the occasion which made Mr. Hamilton say that he once asked him for 50 % . for a charitable pur- pose.-ED. ] " We were married almost seventeen years , and have 22 1782. - ETAT . 73 .
... Gerard Hamilton ; and this was , perhaps , the occasion which made Mr. Hamilton say that he once asked him for 50 % . for a charitable pur- pose.-ED. ] " We were married almost seventeen years , and have 22 1782. - ETAT . 73 .
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... occasions all this disturb- ance . What we did at the revolution was neces- sary but it broke our constitution 2. " OGLE- THORPE . " My father did not think it necessary . ' 99 On Sunday , 23d March , I breakfasted with Dr. Johnson ...
... occasions all this disturb- ance . What we did at the revolution was neces- sary but it broke our constitution 2. " OGLE- THORPE . " My father did not think it necessary . ' 99 On Sunday , 23d March , I breakfasted with Dr. Johnson ...
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... occasion said to me , “ Sir , a man may be so much of every thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " I shall give an instance , making the original by Roman , and Johnson's substitution in Italick characters : " " In fairer scenes ...
... occasion said to me , “ Sir , a man may be so much of every thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " I shall give an instance , making the original by Roman , and Johnson's substitution in Italick characters : " " In fairer scenes ...
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... occasion to remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard ...
... occasion to remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard ...
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Page 177 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 19 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no...
Page 108 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, •and ought to be diminished ?
Page 431 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed...
Page 18 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.
Page 249 - Mr. Windham has been here to see me ; he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half, perhaps I make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature ; and there Windham is, inter Stellas* Luna minores.
Page 262 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit, to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous enquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved.
Page 287 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Page 176 - But may not a man attain to such a degree of hope as not to be uneasy from the fear of death?" JOHNSON. "A man may have such a degree of hope as to keep him quiet. You see I am not quiet, from the vehemence with which I talk; but I do not despair." MRS. ADAMS. " You seem, Sir, to forget the merits of our Redeemer.
Page 265 - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault.