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innashpitzberg24 августа 2013 г.Soon after his return to London, which was in February, was founded that CLUB which existed long without a name, but at Mr. Garrick's funeral became distinguished by the title of THE LITERARY CLUB. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the merit of being the first proposer of it, to which Johnson acceded, and the original members were Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Johnson, Mr. Edmund Burke, Dr. Nugent, Mr. Beauclerk, Mr. Langton, Dr. Goldsmith, Mr. Chamier, and Sir John Hawkins.
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He told me that he had twelve or fourteen times attempted to keep a journal of his life, but never could persevere. He advised me to do it. " The great thing to be recorded (said he), is the state of your own mind ; and you should write down every thing that you remember, for you cannot judge at first what is good or bad ; and write immediately while the impression is fresh, for it will not be the same a week afterwards."
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It was his custom to observe certain days with a pious abstraction ; viz., New Year's Day, the day of his wife's death, Good Friday, Easter Day, and his own birthday. He this year says, " I have now spent fifty-five years in resolving ; having, from the earliest time almost that I can remember, been forming schemes of a better life. I have done nothing. The need of doing, therefore, is pressing, since the time of doing is short. O God, grant me to resolve aright, and to keep my resolutions, for JESUS CHRIST'S sake. Amen."
8161 - innashpitzberg22 июля 2013 г.It is a rule never to be forgotten, that whatever strikes strongly, should be described while the first impression remains fresh upon the mind.
Samuel Johnson8148 - innashpitzberg23 мая 2013 г.
To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others, and who, whether we consider his extraordinary endowments, or his various works, has been equalled by few in any age, is an arduous, and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task.
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CHAPTER XXV—1775
JOHNSON AND MACPHERSON
Johnson and Mrs. Charlotte Lennox—His Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons—Correspondence with Boswell—Questions the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems—His Letter to James Macpherson—His Personal Courage—Defeats Foote's Intended Mimicry—" Journey to the Western Islands," Published—The Ossian Controversy.
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"Write to me, and send me what intelligence you can : and if any thing is too bulky for the post, let me have it by the carrier. I do not like trusting winds and waves.
"I am, dear Sir,
"Your most, etc."Jan. 29, 1774."
"SAM. JOHNSON.
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Nor can I deny to myself the very flattering gratification of inserting here the character which my friend Mr. Courtenay has been pleased to give of that work :
" With Reynolds' pencil, vivid, bold, and true;
So fervent Boswell gives him to our view :
In every trait we see his mind expand;
The master rises by the pupil's hand ;
We love the writer, praise his happy vein,
Grac'd with the naiveté of the sage Montaigne.
Hence not alone are brighter parts display'd,
But e'en the specks of character portray'd:
We see the Rambler with fastidious smile
Mark the lone tree, and note the heath-clad isle ;
But when th' heroic tale of Flora's † charms.
Deck'd in a kilt, he wields a chieftain's arms :
The tuneful piper sounds a martial strain,
And Samuel sings, 'The King shall have his ain."7102 - innashpitzberg18 сентября 2013 г.
CHAPTER XXIV—1773
THE TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
Johnson Sets Out on his Tour to the Hebrides-Arrives in Edinburgh and Visits the Isles by Way of Aberdeen and Inverness—Letters to Boswell—Johnson and Davies—Johnson Writes an Account of his "Tour"—Letter to George Steevens—Death of Goldsmith—Johnson's Greek Epitaph on Goldsmith—Visits Wales with the Thrales—Writes the "Patriot"—Mr. Perkins—Hoole's Tragedy, " Cleonice."
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Upon another occasion, when Goldsmith confessed himself to be of an envious disposition, I contended with Johnson that we ought not to be angry with him, he was so candid in owning it. " Nay, Sir (said Johnson), we must be angry that a man has such a super-abundance of an odious quality, that he cannot keep it within his own breast, but it boils over." In my opinion, however, Goldsmith had not more of it than other people have, but only talked of it freely.
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