Doctor Johnson: His Life, Works & Table TalkT. F. Unwin, 1884 - 156 Seiten |
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... learning and know- ledge , but not one of all the learned critics approaches Johnson in his gen- eral estimate and description of the great dramatic poet . " Shakespeare is , above all writers- at least , above all modern writers — the ...
... learning and know- ledge , but not one of all the learned critics approaches Johnson in his gen- eral estimate and description of the great dramatic poet . " Shakespeare is , above all writers- at least , above all modern writers — the ...
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... learning , I shall not be disappointed if I should conclude it , if less be pos- sible , with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation . " The Preface to the ...
... learning , I shall not be disappointed if I should conclude it , if less be pos- sible , with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation . " The Preface to the ...
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... learning have the power of bestowing . " " He that can only be useful on great occasions may die without exerting his abilities , and stand a helpless spectator of a thousand vexations which fret away happiness , and which nothing is ...
... learning have the power of bestowing . " " He that can only be useful on great occasions may die without exerting his abilities , and stand a helpless spectator of a thousand vexations which fret away happiness , and which nothing is ...
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... by his great intellect and learning . It was said not long since by Mr. Gladstone , that Johnson did more for the Church and State in England during the eighteenth century than all the statesmen and Life and Works . 65.
... by his great intellect and learning . It was said not long since by Mr. Gladstone , that Johnson did more for the Church and State in England during the eighteenth century than all the statesmen and Life and Works . 65.
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... learning and science within the circuit of ten miles from where we now sit than in all the rest of the kingdom . " Boswell : " The only dis- advantage is the great distance at which people live from one another . " Johnson : " Yes , sir ...
... learning and science within the circuit of ten miles from where we now sit than in all the rest of the kingdom . " Boswell : " The only dis- advantage is the great distance at which people live from one another . " Johnson : " Yes , sir ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 38 - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
Seite 37 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, — at least above all modern writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Seite 38 - The force of his comic scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural, and therefore durable...
Seite 37 - Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 34 - Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned...
Seite 109 - ... degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man but a very impudent dog indeed can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
Seite 16 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Seite 88 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Seite 48 - It is always an ignorant, lazy, or cowardly acquiescence in a false appearance of excellence, and proceeds not from consciousness of our attainments, but insensibility of our wants, Nothing can be great which is not right. Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind. To be driven by external motives from the path which our own heart approves, to give way to...
Seite 27 - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retired to die.