when Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own Satire, in which the life of a scholar is painted, with the various obstructions thrown in his way to fortune and to fame, he burst into a passion of tears : Mr. The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 1251831Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 pages
...fashionable world.' — vol. i., p. 168. He throws in, also, the following sciap from Mrs. Piozzi: — 4 When Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own satire, in...fortune and to fame, he burst into a passion of tears.' — ibid. When, in answer to those critics who censured the style of the Rambler as ' involved, turgid,... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...the allegory, where religion and superstition are indeed most masterly delineated. When Dr. Johnson read his own satire, in which the life of a scholar...fortune and to fame, he burst into a passion of tears one day : the family and Mr Scott only were present, who, in a jocose way, clapped him on the back,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 650 pages
...i., p- 168. VOL. XLvI. NO. XCI. D He He throws in, also, the following scrap from Mrs. Piozzi: — ' When Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own satire, in...fortune and to fame, he burst into a passion of tears.' — ibid. When, in answer to those critics who censured the style of the Rambler as ' involved, turgid,... | |
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...'i Life, and Gilileo'i eod." Pioixi, p. 38, S9. [When Dr. Johnson, one day, atj j1jg own gat;rej ;n which the life of a scholar is painted, with the various...passion of tears: Mr. Thrale's family and Mr. Scott l only were present, who, in a jocose wav, clapped him on the back, and said, "What's all this, my... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...writers of the day. — CRoKER. " Clodio's jest," stood, in the first edition, " H if* jest," and (1) When Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own Satire, in...present, who, in a jocose way, clapped him on the baci, and said, " What's all this, my dear sir? Why you, and I, and Hercules+, you know, were all troubled... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...l.yiliui'« Life, and Qalileo'i end." R»ul, [When Dr. Johnson, one day, p. 38, 39. rejuj ^jg own gatjrej jn which the life of a scholar is painted, with the various...passion of tears: Mr. Thrale's family and Mr. Scott i only were present, who, in a jocose way, clapped him on the back, and said, "What's all this, my... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat : 1 When Dr. Johnson, one day, read tilt own satire, In which the life of a scholar Is painted, with the various obstruction* thrown in his way to Outline and to fame, he burst into a passion or tears: Mr. Thrale's... | |
| 1852 - 590 pages
...it than in a whole circulating-library of Giaours and Harolds, or less pathos ? On another occasion, "when Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own Satire, in...him on the back, and said, 'What's all this, my dear sirl Why you, and I, and Herrultr, you know, were all troubled with melancholy.' He was a very large... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 120 pages
...than in a whole circulating-library of Giaours and Harolds, or less pathos ? On another occasion, ' when Dr. Johnson, ' one day, read his own Satire,...a jocose ' way, clapped him on the back, and said, " What 's ' all this, my dear sir ? Why you and I and Her' cules, you know, were all troubled with... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 pages
...than in a whole circulating-library of Giaours and Harolds, or less pathos ? On another occasion, ' when Dr. Johnson, ' one day, read his own Satire,...Mr. Scott only were present, who, in a jocose ' way, chipped him on the back, and said, " What 's ' all this, my dear sir ? Why you arid I and Her' cules,... | |
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