Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth CenturyA. and C. Black, 1901 - 441 páginas |
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... poor starvelings , not too reputable or sober , who were ready with pens to indite funeral elegies in English , Scots , or Latin verses , on the " universally lamented " or " deplorable " death of some " incomparable " lord or citizen ...
... poor starvelings , not too reputable or sober , who were ready with pens to indite funeral elegies in English , Scots , or Latin verses , on the " universally lamented " or " deplorable " death of some " incomparable " lord or citizen ...
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... poor he served from kindness . In the evening he was to be found in the tavern with choice spirits and learned cronies , with whom he jested too freely and drank too much , till the night and the liquor were far spent . His Latin and ...
... poor he served from kindness . In the evening he was to be found in the tavern with choice spirits and learned cronies , with whom he jested too freely and drank too much , till the night and the liquor were far spent . His Latin and ...
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... poor box . " He could write in verses not decorous , and withal was learned in Latin , Spanish , and French . It was this old gentleman who suggested to Allan Ramsay the plot of The Gentle Shepherd , the scenes of which lie round ...
... poor box . " He could write in verses not decorous , and withal was learned in Latin , Spanish , and French . It was this old gentleman who suggested to Allan Ramsay the plot of The Gentle Shepherd , the scenes of which lie round ...
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... poor little chapel to which Jacobites went on Sundays . Once a fortnight they went in their silks and brocades , and hoops of vast rotundity , to the " consorts held in the Steel's Crosskeys , in the close off the Canongate , listening ...
... poor little chapel to which Jacobites went on Sundays . Once a fortnight they went in their silks and brocades , and hoops of vast rotundity , to the " consorts held in the Steel's Crosskeys , in the close off the Canongate , listening ...
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... poor man owned he was " mortally sick at sea , " and soon he was heartily sick of it . Verily ten shillings a day , even with perquisites , was not enough recom- pense for this . More congenially he served on shore with St. Clair , as ...
... poor man owned he was " mortally sick at sea , " and soon he was heartily sick of it . Verily ten shillings a day , even with perquisites , was not enough recom- pense for this . More congenially he served on shore with St. Clair , as ...
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Adam Ferguson Adam Smith admirable Allan Ramsay appeared Assembly beauty Blacklock Blair Boswell brilliant Burns Carlyle Carlyle's Autobiography chair Chambers's charming Church College Court David Hume delighted died Douglas Dugald Stewart Edinburgh edition English Essay eyes fame famous fashion father favourite Garrick genial genius gentlemen Glasgow History Hugh Blair humour Hutcheson Jacobite James James Boswell John Home Johnson kindly Kirk knew Lady laird learned lectures letters literary lived London Lord Bute Lord Monboddo loved Mackenzie's Macpherson manners manse Memoirs minister Monboddo moral never night Ossian philosophy play poems poet poetry political poor praise Presbyterian Principal Robertson Professor published Ramsay's Reid Robert Robert Burns Robert Fergusson Robertson Ruddiman Scotland Scots Scotsmen Scottish Smollett society songs Stewart Street supper talk taste tavern Thomas Ruddiman town verses William write wrote young youth
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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.