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... tion of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day be- fore , at dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much ...
... tion of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day be- fore , at dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much ...
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... tion ; which , however , was not decided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ; but , with all deference I cannot help thinking ...
... tion ; which , however , was not decided , as the Court granted an arrest chiefly on the informality of the indictment . No man has a higher reverence for the law of England than I have ; but , with all deference I cannot help thinking ...
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... tion to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drank coffee ; an indulgence , which I understood Johnson yielded to on this occasion , in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday ...
... tion to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drank coffee ; an indulgence , which I understood Johnson yielded to on this occasion , in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday ...
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... tion ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double claim . " Talking of his notes on Shakspeare , he said , " I despise those who do not see that I am right in the passage where as is repeated , and asses ...
... tion ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double claim . " Talking of his notes on Shakspeare , he said , " I despise those who do not see that I am right in the passage where as is repeated , and asses ...
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... tion for when there is , people differ in opinion , and get into bad humour , or some of the company who are not capable of such conversation , are left out , and feel themselves uneasy . It was for this reason Sir Robert Walpole said ...
... tion for when there is , people differ in opinion , and get into bad humour , or some of the company who are not capable of such conversation , are left out , and feel themselves uneasy . It was for this reason Sir Robert Walpole said ...
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Página 220 - How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes T' and in his conversation with Mr.
Página 196 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Página 318 - ... to certainty, freedom ceases, because that cannot be certainly foreknown which is not certain at the time; but if it be certain at the time, it is a contradiction in terms to maintain that there can be afterwards any contingency dependent upon the exercise of will or any thing else." JOHNSON. " All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Página 398 - ... perpetual jarring of those whom he charitably accommodated under his roof. He has sometimes suffered me to talk jocularly of his group of females, and call them his Seraglio. He thus mentions them, together with honest Levett, in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale : " Williams hates every body ; Levett hates Desmoulins, and does not love Williams ; Desmoulins hates them both ; Poll loves none of them.
Página 377 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Página 35 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Página 67 - Provided, sir, I suppose, that the company which he is to have, is agreeable to you." JOHNSON. "What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?
Página 66 - Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon him with a direct proposal, "Sir, will you dine in company with Jack Wilkes?" he would have flown into a passion, and would probably have answered, "Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch.
Página 332 - I am a straggler. I may leave this town and go to Grand Cairo, without being missed here or observed there." EDWARDS. "Don't you eat supper, Sir?
Página 32 - Reviewers (said he) are not Deists ; but they are Christians with as little Christianity as may be ; and are for pulling down all establishments. The Critical Reviewers are for supporting the constitution, both in church and state. The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.