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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Life Of Johnson.Vol. 1.by Boswell.Edited by Birkbeck Hill.PREFACE.Fielding, it is said,
Life Of Johnson.Vol. 1.by Boswell.Edited by Birkbeck Hill.PREFACE.Fielding, it is said, drank confusion to the man who invented the fifth act of a play. He who has edited an extensive work, and has concluded his labours by the preparation of a copious ind
- 27 'I am, Sir, 'Your most affectionate, &c.'SAM. JOHNSON.''[London,] May 13, 1755.'To THE SAME.'DEAR SIR, 'It is strange how many things will happen to intercept every pleasure, though it [be] only that of two friends
- 26 [Page 285: Dr. Birch's letter. aetat 46.]In one of his little memorandum-books I find the following hints for his intended _Review or Literary Journal_: '_The Annals of Literature, foreign as welt as domestick_. Imitate Le Clerk--Bayle--Barbeyra
- 25 'Your most affectionate, &c.'SAM. JOHNSON.''[London,] Feb. 13, 1755,'To THE SAME, 'DEAR SIR, 'Dr. King[825] was with me a few minutes before your letter; this, however, is the first instance in which your kind intentions
- 24 The degree of Master of Arts, which, it has been observed[806], could not be obtained for him at an early period of his life, was now considered as an honour of considerable importance, in order to grace the t.i.tle-page of his _Dictionary_; and his chara
- 23 [Page 266: A wit among Lords. A.D. 1754.]Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that n.o.bleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord amo
- 22 Johnson's papers in _The Adventurer_ are very similar to those of _The Rambler_; but being rather more varied in their subjects, and being mixed with essays by other writers, upon topicks more generally attractive than even the most elegant ethical d
- 21 From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following authentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death: [Page 242: Johnson's friends in 1752.]He was in great affliction. Mrs. Williams was then livi
- 20 'It is yet in the power of a great people to reward the poet whose name they boast, and from their alliance to whose genius, they claim some kind of superiority to every other nation of the earth; that poet, whose works may possibly be read when ever
- 19 [Page 218: Johnson's masters in style. A.D. 1750.][Page 219: A Great Personage. aetat 41.]The style of this work has been censured by some shallow criticks as involved and turgid, and abounding with antiquated and hard words. So ill-founded is the fi
- 18 'Seldom in war a match for single persons--nor in peace; therefore kings make themselves absolute. Confederacies in learning--every great work the work of one. _Bruy_. Scholar's friends.h.i.+p like ladies. Scribebamus, &c. Mart.[617] the apple o
- 17 Were all the other excellencies of this poem annihilated, it must ever have our grateful reverence from its n.o.ble conclusion; in which we are consoled with the a.s.surance that happiness may be attained, if we 'apply our hearts[573]' to piety:
- 16 'On Lord LOVAT'S _Execution_.'Pity'd by _gentle minds_ KILMARNOCK died; The _brave_, BALMERINO, were on thy side; RADCLIFFE, unhappy in his crimes of youth[522], Steady in what he still mistook for truth, Beheld his death so decently u
- 15 'No tenth transmitter of a foolish face[483].'But the fact is, that this poem was published some years before Johnson and Savage were acquainted[484].[Page 167: Johnson's prejudice against players. aetat 35.]It is remarkable, that in this b
- 14 His writings in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ in 1743, are, the 'Preface[456],'[dagger] the 'Parliamentary Debates,'[dagger]'Considerations on the Dispute between Crousaz[457] and Warburton, on Pope's Essay on Man;'[da
- 13 Morin.'[dagger] Two notes upon this appear to me undoubtedly his. He this year, and the two following, wrote the _Parliamentary Debates_. He told me himself, that he was the sole composer of them for those three years only. He was not, however, preci
- 12 It is remarkable, that Johnson's last quoted letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner; and it is no less remarkable, that, though in this state of want himself, his benevolent heart was not insensible to the necess
- 11 Pope, the friend of Swift, would not of course have sought Lord Gower's influence with Swift. He applied to his lords.h.i.+p, no doubt, as a great midland-county landowner, likely to have influence with the trustees.Why, when the difficulty about the
- 10 'I am to return you thanks for the present you were so kind as to send by me[346], and to intreat that you will be pleased to inform me by the penny-post[347], whether you resolve to print the poem. If you please to send it me by the post, with a not
- 9 Intende nervos, fortis, inanibus Risurus olim nisibus aemuli; Intende jam nervos, habebis Participes operae Camoenas.Non ulla Musis pagina gratior, Quam quae severis ludicra jungere Novit, fatigatamque nugis Utilibus recreare mentem.Texente Nymphis serta
- 8 [Page 107: Johnson returns to Lichfield. aetat 28.]'To MR. CAVE.'Greenwich, next door to the Golden Heart, 'Church-street, July 12, 1737.'SIR, 'Having observed in your papers very uncommon offers of encouragement to men of letters
- 7 '... _Ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi Doctores, elementa velint ut discere_[296].'[Page 99: Mrs. Johnson. aetat 27.]Johnson was not more satisfied with his situation as the master of an academy, than with that of the usher of a school; we ne
- 6 'I lived here above a year, and completed my studies in divinity; in which time some letters were received from the fathers of Ethiopia, with an account that Sultan Segned[268], Emperour of Abyssinia, was converted to the church of Rome; that many of
- 5 [Page 74: Dr. Adams. A.D. 1730.]The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, 'The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and fellows has been often mentioned. But I have heard him say, what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venera
- 4 [Page 57: His wide reading. aeTAT. 19.]The two years which he spent at home, after his return from Stourbridge, he pa.s.sed in what he thought idleness[167], and was scolded by his father for his want of steady application[168]. He had no settled plan of
- 3 1725: aeTAT. 16.--After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle, Cornelius Ford[158], Johnson was, at the age of fifteen, removed to the school of Stourbridge, in Worcesters.h.i.+re, of which Mr. Wentworth was then master. This step was tak
- 2 SAMUEL[110] JOHNSON was born at Lichfield, in Staffords.h.i.+re, on the 18th of September, N.S., 1709; and his initiation into the Christian Church was not delayed; for his baptism is recorded, in the register of St.Mary's parish in that city, to hav
- 1 Life Of Johnson.Vol. 1.by Boswell.Edited by Birkbeck Hill.PREFACE.Fielding, it is said, drank confusion to the man who invented the fifth act of a play. He who has edited an extensive work, and has concluded his labours by the preparation of a copious ind