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... ment of an event like the Chesterfield episode shows , he is not above taking sides or giving the available evidence his own interpretation . And occasionally he is particularly severe with Johnson , as when he criticizes him for some ...
... ment of an event like the Chesterfield episode shows , he is not above taking sides or giving the available evidence his own interpretation . And occasionally he is particularly severe with Johnson , as when he criticizes him for some ...
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... ment of mankind . The publications of Mr Tyers , Mrs Piozzi , Dr Towers , and Mr Murphy , come under the description of ' Biographical Sketches , ' ' Anec- dotes , ' and Essays , ' composed with little re- gard to discrimination , but ...
... ment of mankind . The publications of Mr Tyers , Mrs Piozzi , Dr Towers , and Mr Murphy , come under the description of ' Biographical Sketches , ' ' Anec- dotes , ' and Essays , ' composed with little re- gard to discrimination , but ...
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... ment of his acquaintance with him , he had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; and continued his collections , with perse- vering diligence , for upwards of twenty years . He gave a specimen of his being able to pre ...
... ment of his acquaintance with him , he had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; and continued his collections , with perse- vering diligence , for upwards of twenty years . He gave a specimen of his being able to pre ...
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... Earl of Chester- field , supposed to be represented by the Par- son near the punch - bowl , in Hogarth's " Mo- dern Midnight Conversation ; " a man , " whose abilities , instead of furnishing convivial merri- ment to the 10 THE LIFE OF.
... Earl of Chester- field , supposed to be represented by the Par- son near the punch - bowl , in Hogarth's " Mo- dern Midnight Conversation ; " a man , " whose abilities , instead of furnishing convivial merri- ment to the 10 THE LIFE OF.
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Robert Anderson. abilities , instead of furnishing convivial merri- ment to the voluptuous and dissolute , might have enabled him to excel among the virtu- ous and the wise . " She was a woman of distinguished understanding , prudence ...
Robert Anderson. abilities , instead of furnishing convivial merri- ment to the voluptuous and dissolute , might have enabled him to excel among the virtu- ous and the wise . " She was a woman of distinguished understanding , prudence ...
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Page 542 - 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. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. 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...
Page 298 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 212 - Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since 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.
Page 211 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page 542 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. 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.
Page 211 - TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. "Mv LORD, February 7, 1775. " 1 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.
Page 30 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.