John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Samuel Johnson. (1709–1784) (continued) |
| 4041 |
| A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 1 Vol. ii. Chap. vi. 1763. |
| 4042 |
| Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 2 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763. |
| 4043 |
| Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 3 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763. |
| 4044 |
| I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. 4 |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 5 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763. |
| 4045 |
| This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 6 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763. |
| 4046 |
| A very unclubable man. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 7 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1764. |
| 4047 |
| I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel; but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is an infidel; that is to say, he has never thought upon the subject. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 8 Vol. iii. Chap. iii. 1769. |
| 4048 |
| It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 9 Vol. iii. Chap. iv. 1769. |
| 4049 |
| That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. 10 |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 11 Vol. iii. Chap. v. 1770. |
| 4050 |
| I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 12 Vol. iii. Chap. viii. 1772. |
| 4051 |
| A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 13 Vol. iii. Chap. viii. 1772. |
| 4052 |
| Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 14 Vol. iii. Chap. viii. 1772. |
| 4053 |
| A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. |
| Life of Johnson (Boswell). 15 Vol. iv. Chap. ii. 1773. |
| Note 1. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 2. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 3. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 4. Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.—Athenæus: Book vii. chap. ii. [back] |
| Note 5. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 6. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 7. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 8. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 9. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 10. Mr. Kremlin as distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.—Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield): Sybil, book iv. chap. 5. [back] |
| Note 11. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 12. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 13. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 14. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
| Note 15. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |