Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. Cadell, 1786 - 306 страница |
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... see the folly of a fellow who has in his care the lives of thoufands , when he begs his papa permiffion to be mar- ried , and confeffes his inability to decide in a matter which concerns no man's happiness but his own ? " - Mr . Johnson ...
... see the folly of a fellow who has in his care the lives of thoufands , when he begs his papa permiffion to be mar- ried , and confeffes his inability to decide in a matter which concerns no man's happiness but his own ? " - Mr . Johnson ...
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... ( conti- nued he ) is not worse than that of Frank Fawkes . " Seeing me difpofed to laugh , kr Nay , nay ( faid he ) , Frank Fawkes has done them very finely . " im Jus LOVELY Courier of the sky , Whence and DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 45.
... ( conti- nued he ) is not worse than that of Frank Fawkes . " Seeing me difpofed to laugh , kr Nay , nay ( faid he ) , Frank Fawkes has done them very finely . " im Jus LOVELY Courier of the sky , Whence and DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 45.
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... Seeing however that the lad thought him ferious , and thanked him for the information , he undeceived him very gently indeed ; told him the hiftory , geography , and chronology of Tadmor in the wilderness , with every incident that ...
... Seeing however that the lad thought him ferious , and thanked him for the information , he undeceived him very gently indeed ; told him the hiftory , geography , and chronology of Tadmor in the wilderness , with every incident that ...
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... see her fweet mind cleared of all its latent prejudices , and left at liberty to admire and applaud that force of thought and verfatility of genius , that comprehensive fout and benevolent heart which attracted and commanded veneration ...
... see her fweet mind cleared of all its latent prejudices , and left at liberty to admire and applaud that force of thought and verfatility of genius , that comprehensive fout and benevolent heart which attracted and commanded veneration ...
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... See now ( fays Johnson ) how abfurd that is ; as if the bulk of mankind confifted of fine gentlemen that came to him to fit for their pictures . If every man who wears a laced coat ( that he can pay for ) was extirpated , who would mifs ...
... See now ( fays Johnson ) how abfurd that is ; as if the bulk of mankind confifted of fine gentlemen that came to him to fit for their pictures . If every man who wears a laced coat ( that he can pay for ) was extirpated , who would mifs ...
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Страница 241 - Sir (said he), give me leave to tell something of Mr. Burke now. We were all silent, and the honest Hibernian began to relate how Mr. Burke went to see the collieries in a distant province; and he would go down into the bowels of the earth (in a bag), and he would examine every thing: he went in a bag Sir, and ventured his health and his life for knowledge; but he took care of his clothes, that they should not be spoiled, for he went down in a bag.
Страница 104 - Come, come (says he gravely), let's have no sneering at what is serious to so many: hundreds of your fellow-creatures, dear Lady, turn another way, that they may not be tempted by the luxuries of PorridgeIsland to wish for gratifications they are not able to obtain: you are certainly not better than all of them; give God thanks that you are happier.
Страница 126 - Mr. Murphy brought him back to us again very kindly, and from that time his visits grew more frequent, till in the year 1766 his health, which he had always complained of, grew so exceedingly bad, that he could not stir out of his room in the court he inhabited for many weeks together, I think months.
Страница 67 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Страница 278 - Johnson seemed to think himself neglected if the physician left him for an hour only, I made him a steady, but as I thought a very gentle harangue, in which I confirmed all that the doctor had been saying, how no present danger could be expected; but that his age and continued ill health must naturally accelerate the arrival of that hour which can be escaped by none: "And this...
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