The British Prose Writers, Band 16J. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate à knowledge of Latin , in which , perhaps , he was exceeded by no man of his time : he said , " My master whipped me very well without that , sir , I should have done nothing ...
... Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate à knowledge of Latin , in which , perhaps , he was exceeded by no man of his time : he said , " My master whipped me very well without that , sir , I should have done nothing ...
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... " - Anecdotes , p . 221 . + His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen , as he told Mr. Langton , who gave me this information . - Malone . to me , ' Young man , ply your book EDUCATION . 15.
... " - Anecdotes , p . 221 . + His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen , as he told Mr. Langton , who gave me this information . - Malone . to me , ' Young man , ply your book EDUCATION . 15.
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... Langton said , he was about to establish a school upon his estate , but it had been suggested to him , that it might have a tendency to make the people less industrious . JOHNSON . " No , sir : while learning to read and write is a ...
... Langton said , he was about to establish a school upon his estate , but it had been suggested to him , that it might have a tendency to make the people less industrious . JOHNSON . " No , sir : while learning to read and write is a ...
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... Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the Second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family . " 66 One morning Boswell talked of old families , and the respect due to them . JOHNSON ...
... Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the Second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family . " 66 One morning Boswell talked of old families , and the respect due to them . JOHNSON ...
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... Langton and Mr. Beauclerk , two gay young men of good birth . Johnson , at first , thought it strange that Langton should associate so much with one who had the character of being loose , both in his principles and practice : but , by ...
... Langton and Mr. Beauclerk , two gay young men of good birth . Johnson , at first , thought it strange that Langton should associate so much with one who had the character of being loose , both in his principles and practice : but , by ...
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Seite 89 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Seite 23 - ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.
Seite 110 - ... thinking how different a place London is to different people. They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the consideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it merely as the seat of government in its different departments ; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle ; a mercantile man, as a place where a prodigious deal of business is done upon 'Change ; a...
Seite 138 - He used frequently to observe that men might be very eminent in a profession, without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.
Seite 7 - I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Seite 132 - Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Seite 35 - Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet ,with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling-, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...
Seite 153 - Yet this man cut his own throat. The true strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant, ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine, which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner* of the cellars.' I would have a man great in great things, and elegant in little things.
Seite 162 - 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 traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Seite 60 - Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals.