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... soon find it out and desist ; if not , he of course gains the instruction ; which is so much the more likely to come , from the inclination with which he takes up the study . " Boswell asked Johnson , whether a man's being forward to ...
... soon find it out and desist ; if not , he of course gains the instruction ; which is so much the more likely to come , from the inclination with which he takes up the study . " Boswell asked Johnson , whether a man's being forward to ...
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... soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them ; which he accordingly did . Here , sir , was a man , to whom the most ...
... soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them ; which he accordingly did . Here , sir , was a man , to whom the most ...
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... soon have vanished . " BOSWELL . " Do you think , sir , that all who commit suicide are mad ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , they are often not universally disordered in their intellects ; but one passion presses so upon them , that they yield to ...
... soon have vanished . " BOSWELL . " Do you think , sir , that all who commit suicide are mad ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , they are often not universally disordered in their intellects ; but one passion presses so upon them , that they yield to ...
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... soon find himself left alone . A man should keep his friendship in constant repair " Amid the cold obscurity of Johnson's early life , there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him : he was well acquainted with Mr. Henry Hervey ...
... soon find himself left alone . A man should keep his friendship in constant repair " Amid the cold obscurity of Johnson's early life , there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him : he was well acquainted with Mr. Henry Hervey ...
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... soon it in general wears away . Dr. Taylor mentioned a gentleman of the neighbourhood as the only instance he had ever known of a person who had endeavoured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his lady's death , which ...
... soon it in general wears away . Dr. Taylor mentioned a gentleman of the neighbourhood as the only instance he had ever known of a person who had endeavoured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his lady's death , which ...
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Page 89 - No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
Page 7 - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them leant, 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.
Page 6 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod: '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...
Page 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.
Page 104 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Page 80 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England!
Page 89 - ... Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some 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...
Page 135 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Page 38 - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.