The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Side 34
... friendship for him , that it would be injustice to omit the infertion of it , as given in the life of Edmund Smith : - • Of Gilbert Walmsley , thus presented to my mind , • let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew * him very ...
... friendship for him , that it would be injustice to omit the infertion of it , as given in the life of Edmund Smith : - • Of Gilbert Walmsley , thus presented to my mind , • let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew * him very ...
Side 35
... friendship . L • At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and • instructive hours , with companions , such as are not ' often found ; with one who has lengthened , and one • who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James , whose * skill in ...
... friendship . L • At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and • instructive hours , with companions , such as are not ' often found ; with one who has lengthened , and one • who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James , whose * skill in ...
Side 39
... friendship , as by your many excellent and va- luable qualifications . And , had I a fon of my own , ' it would be my ambition , instead of fending him to ' the university , to dispose of him as this young gen- ' tleman is . ، • He and ...
... friendship , as by your many excellent and va- luable qualifications . And , had I a fon of my own , ' it would be my ambition , instead of fending him to ' the university , to dispose of him as this young gen- ' tleman is . ، • He and ...
Side 52
... friendship and a mutual communication of fen- timents and counsels . The history of this man is well known by the life of him written by Johnson , which , if in no other respect valuable , is curious , in that it gives to view a ...
... friendship and a mutual communication of fen- timents and counsels . The history of this man is well known by the life of him written by Johnson , which , if in no other respect valuable , is curious , in that it gives to view a ...
Side 69
... friendship of these two persons had its com- mencement in that bookseller's shop which is situate on the West side of the gate - way leading down the Inner Temple - lane . Warburton had fome dealings with Jacob Robinfon the publisher ...
... friendship of these two persons had its com- mencement in that bookseller's shop which is situate on the West side of the gate - way leading down the Inner Temple - lane . Warburton had fome dealings with Jacob Robinfon the publisher ...
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Side 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Side 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Side 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Side 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Side 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Side 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Side 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Side 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Side 292 - 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 287 - 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.