The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 46
Página 14
... Nature , " in which that celebrated mathema- tician is represented as being subject to fits of yawn- ing so violent as to render him incapable of proceed- ing in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the publication of ...
... Nature , " in which that celebrated mathema- tician is represented as being subject to fits of yawn- ing so violent as to render him incapable of proceed- ing in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the publication of ...
Página 31
... natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " This explanation ap- pears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed , that the story told by ...
... natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not " a very sturdy moralist . " This explanation ap- pears to me very satisfactory . It is , however , to be observed , that the story told by ...
Página 47
... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a my- thology being amongst them ; but it must be in ...
... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a my- thology being amongst them ; but it must be in ...
Página 60
... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss .. A father must instruct his children , though he him- self may often want ...
... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss .. A father must instruct his children , though he him- self may often want ...
Página 85
... natural history . " His book is indeed an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his thec- retical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little ...
... natural history . " His book is indeed an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his thec- retical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance admirable Ætat affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked Auchinleck authour Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers censure character Cibber consider conversation Court of Session DEAR SIR death Dilly dined dinner Dodd drink Edinburgh English Etat favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope House of Lords Hugh Blair humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kind lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Monboddo Lordship Lucy Porter Madam mentioned mind never obliged observed once opinion Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise publick recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland sermons shewed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travels truth Whig Wilkes wine wish word write wrote