Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volumen 4Harper, 1891 |
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... languages ; though I was somewhat mortified that I had it not so much to myself , as I should have thought " . " 1 In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in 1742-43 , he says : — ' I never see Garrick . ' MALONE . See ante , ii ...
... languages ; though I was somewhat mortified that I had it not so much to myself , as I should have thought " . " 1 In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in 1742-43 , he says : — ' I never see Garrick . ' MALONE . See ante , ii ...
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... Greek and Latin , and had made himself mas- ter of all the modern languages . He was one of the best speakers in the House of Lords , both in the declamatory and argumentative way . ' that Aetat . 71. ] Gray's ODES . 15 that after.
... Greek and Latin , and had made himself mas- ter of all the modern languages . He was one of the best speakers in the House of Lords , both in the declamatory and argumentative way . ' that Aetat . 71. ] Gray's ODES . 15 that after.
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... languages . He then quotes a line to prove that the author of The Taming of the Shrew had at least read Ovid ; ' and continues : - And what does Dr. Johnson say on this occasion ? Nothing . And what does Mr. Farmer say on this occa ...
... languages . He then quotes a line to prove that the author of The Taming of the Shrew had at least read Ovid ; ' and continues : - And what does Dr. Johnson say on this occasion ? Nothing . And what does Mr. Farmer say on this occa ...
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... language : when I read it myself , I was more sensible of its pathetick effect ; " and then he paid it a compliment which many will think very extravagant . Sir , ( said he , ) if Otway had written this play , no other of his pieces ...
... language : when I read it myself , I was more sensible of its pathetick effect ; " and then he paid it a compliment which many will think very extravagant . Sir , ( said he , ) if Otway had written this play , no other of his pieces ...
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... language so near 1 See ante , April 16 , 1779 . 2 Johnson , it seems , twice took up this study . In July , 1773 , he re- corded that between Easter and Whitsuntide , he attempted to learn the Low Dutch language . My application , ' he ...
... language so near 1 See ante , April 16 , 1779 . 2 Johnson , it seems , twice took up this study . In July , 1773 , he re- corded that between Easter and Whitsuntide , he attempted to learn the Low Dutch language . My application , ' he ...
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Página 320 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Página 457 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 54 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Página 466 - I am afraid, Sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.'—' No, Sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me.
Página 211 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfum'd with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew, Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Página 457 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Página 198 - Where other cares than those the Muse relates, And other shepherds dwell with other mates; By such examples taught, I paint the Cot, As Truth will paint it, and as Bards will not...
Página 123 - We can do nothing without the blue stockings " ; and thus by degrees the title was established.
Página 112 - A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eve begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor...
Página 473 - Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres? What are houses? Only dirt, or wet or dry. Should the guardian friend or mother Tell the woes of wilful waste, Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother ;You can hang or drown at last ! On the 'Death of Mr.