Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth CenturyA. and C. Black, 1901 - 441 páginas |
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... Carlyle of Inveresk thought of publishing his Auto- biography , which is invaluable as a picture of his times and his friends , they were discouraged by those they consulted- Adam Ferguson among the number on the ground that the ...
... Carlyle of Inveresk thought of publishing his Auto- biography , which is invaluable as a picture of his times and his friends , they were discouraged by those they consulted- Adam Ferguson among the number on the ground that the ...
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... Carlyle Bell for allowing the author the use of unpublished manuscripts of his relative , Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk . H. G. G. 门 CONTENTS CHAPTER I DAWN OF LITERATURE - ALLAN RAMSAY PREFACE vii.
... Carlyle Bell for allowing the author the use of unpublished manuscripts of his relative , Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk . H. G. G. 门 CONTENTS CHAPTER I DAWN OF LITERATURE - ALLAN RAMSAY PREFACE vii.
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... CARLYLE 30 60 " " 78 " " 92 33 ADAM FERGUSON 104 " " HUGH BLAIR 122 THOMAS BLACKLOCK 140 99 ADAM SMITH 148 LORD KAMES 172 99 LORD MONBODDO LORD HAILES JAMES BOSWELL JAMES MACPHERSON THOMAS REID JAMES BEATTIE JAMES THOMSON 188 198 204 3 ...
... CARLYLE 30 60 " " 78 " " 92 33 ADAM FERGUSON 104 " " HUGH BLAIR 122 THOMAS BLACKLOCK 140 99 ADAM SMITH 148 LORD KAMES 172 99 LORD MONBODDO LORD HAILES JAMES BOSWELL JAMES MACPHERSON THOMAS REID JAMES BEATTIE JAMES THOMSON 188 198 204 3 ...
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... Carlyle when he was a lad , avoided that manse , with its minister " austere and void of urbanity . " 1 For several years Mr. Blair had been busy in his book - room , which long after his death was known as " The grave , " with his ...
... Carlyle when he was a lad , avoided that manse , with its minister " austere and void of urbanity . " 1 For several years Mr. Blair had been busy in his book - room , which long after his death was known as " The grave , " with his ...
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... Carlyle , one of his students in 1743 , " he displayed a fervent and persuasive eloquence which was irresistible . " 2 There was a fine optimism in his theological creed , born like his moral theory of his genial nature . There was a ...
... Carlyle , one of his students in 1743 , " he displayed a fervent and persuasive eloquence which was irresistible . " 2 There was a fine optimism in his theological creed , born like his moral theory of his genial nature . There was a ...
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Página 59 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 233 - Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.
Página 235 - What would you have me retract? I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable, and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You may print this if you will. SAM. JOHNSON.
Página 293 - Falsely luxurious, will not man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour To meditation due and sacred song? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half •The fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th
Página 384 - The collection of Songs was my vade mecum. I pored over them, driving my cart, or walking to labour, song by song, verse by verse ; carefully noting the true tender, or sublime, from affectation and fustian. I am convinced I owe to this practice much of my critic craft, such as it is.
Página 409 - O Tarn! had thae been queans, A' plump and strapping in their teens! Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen, Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen!
Página 397 - I have for some time been pining under secret wretchedness, from causes which you pretty well know — the pang of disappointment, the sting of pride, with some wandering stabs of remorse, which never fail to settle on my vitals like vultures, when attention is not called away by the calls of society, or the vagaries of the Muse. Even in the hour of social mirth, my gaiety is the madness of an intoxicated criminal under the hands of the executioner.
Página 208 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." —" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Página 223 - Boswell sent all round the town to attorneys for books, that might enable him to distinguish himself; but in vain. He moved, however, for the writ, making the best use he could of the observations in the brief. The judge was perfectly astonished, and the audience amazed. The judge said, 'I never heard of such a writ ; what can it be that adheres pavimento ? Are any of you gentlemen at the bar able to explain this?
Página 208 - That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned me a good deal; and when we had sat down, I felt myself not a little embarrassed, and apprehensive of what might come next.