The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 sider |
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... use of only one , travelled over it : he has been known to read a volume , and that not a fall one , at a fitting ; nor was he inferior in the power of memory to him with whom he is compared : whatever he read , became his own for ever ...
... use of only one , travelled over it : he has been known to read a volume , and that not a fall one , at a fitting ; nor was he inferior in the power of memory to him with whom he is compared : whatever he read , became his own for ever ...
Side 74
... use of : Mr. Henry Fielding , then a young barrister without practice , a dramatic poet , and a patriot , under the extreme preffure of neceffity , had , in the year 1736 , written a comedy , or a farce , we may call it either or both ...
... use of : Mr. Henry Fielding , then a young barrister without practice , a dramatic poet , and a patriot , under the extreme preffure of neceffity , had , in the year 1736 , written a comedy , or a farce , we may call it either or both ...
Side 78
... a few years after became a witness to , or to compare the improbability of fuch an event with that of a general infurrection of all who were prohibited the use of gin ? of Of all the modes of fatire , I know none 78 THE LIFE OF.
... a few years after became a witness to , or to compare the improbability of fuch an event with that of a general infurrection of all who were prohibited the use of gin ? of Of all the modes of fatire , I know none 78 THE LIFE OF.
Side 86
... article of drinking , for , at least , the latter half of his life , will fcarcely believe that , during part of the former , he was a lover of wine , that he not only < only indulged himself in the use of it when 86 THE LIFE OF.
... article of drinking , for , at least , the latter half of his life , will fcarcely believe that , during part of the former , he was a lover of wine , that he not only < only indulged himself in the use of it when 86 THE LIFE OF.
Side 87
John Hawkins. < only indulged himself in the use of it when he could procure it , but , with a reflex delight , contemplated the act of drinking it , with all the circumftances that render it grateful to the palate or pleafing to the eye ...
John Hawkins. < only indulged himself in the use of it when he could procure it , but , with a reflex delight , contemplated the act of drinking it , with all the circumftances that render it grateful to the palate or pleafing to the eye ...
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Side 556 - 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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Side 594 - Mr. Hoole, his son, each a book at their election, to keep as a token of remembrance.
Side 291 - When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Side 563 - ... with a look that cut me to the heart, told me that he had the prospect of death before him, and that he dreaded to meet his Saviour.
Side 198 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
Side 127 - ... which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress. I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery.
Side 488 - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
Side 286 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.
Side 257 - Johnson made it a rule to talk his best, but that on many subjects he was not uniform in his opinions, contending as often for victory as for truth : at one time good, at another evil was predominant in the moral constitution of the world. Upon one occasion, he would deplore the nonobservance of Good-Friday, and on another deny, that among us of the present age there is any decline of public worship.
Side 187 - Well (my little Philip) this is enough for me, and too much I fear for you. But, if I shall find that this light meal of digestion nourish anything the weak stomach of your young capacity, I will, as I find the same grow stronger, feed it with tougher food. Your loving Father, so long as you live in the fear of God, H. SYDNEY...