samuel johnson

     

According to Mr. Boswell's statement, you & he first met in 1763. Is that correct?

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  • This biographee of James Boswell died Dec. 13, 1784 & moved into the abbey shortly thereafter
  • Walter Jackson Bate, not James Boswell, won in 1978 for a biography on this man
  • He told James Boswell, "The better a man is, the more afraid he is of death"
  • This British lexicographer called John Dryden "The Father of English Criticism"
  • Having completed his dictionary, he spurned Lord Chesterfield's belated offer of patronage in a 1755 letter
  • This great English lexicographer called Dryden "The father of English criticism"
  • This 18th century lexicographer's first dictionary is on display in the London townhouse where he lived & worked
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):This founder of the famous Literary Club was painted by fellow founder Joshua Reynolds
  • A 1791 book on the life of this Englishman is often considered the greatest biography ever written
  • For his 1755 "Dictionary of the English Language", he wrote definitions for more than 40,000 words
  • He was a biographer himself, but he's best known as the subject of a 1791 biography

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  • No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.-Samuel Johnson
  • 😷 Kalau anda menganggur, jangan menyendiri. Kalau anda menyendiri, jangan menganggur. Samuel Johnson
  • Samuel Johnson~ Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
  • RT @AlissaFereday: The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ~ Samuel Johnson #quote
  • “The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence” -Samuel Johnson
  • Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson
  • RT @MenOfHistory: "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." - Dr Samuel Johnson
  • Your aspirations are your possibilities. -Samuel Johnson
  • RT @julietjacques: Just rewatched BS Johnson's TV show about Samuel Johnson. Thirty minutes of a writer talking about writing and writing o…
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  • 😷 Integritas tnp pengetahuan akan lemah tak berguna,Pengetahuan tnp integritas menjadi berbahaya Mengerikan.* Samuel Johnson
  • The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ~ Samuel Johnson #quote
  • "If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle." - Samuel Johnson
  • RT @DarrenHudach: Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. ~ Samuel Johnson #leadership
  • Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise -- Samuel Johnson
  • "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." - Dr Samuel Johnson
  • "Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance." - Samuel Johnson
  • I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. - Dr. Samuel Johnson
  • #QuoteGADIS "Mendengarkan keluhan dengan sabar, meskipun keluhan itu tak ada artinya, adalah kewajiban persahabatan."-Samuel Johnson- Nite
  • "My dear friend, clear your mind of can't." - Dr Samuel Johnson
  • Tenga lo que tenga, gaste menos. Samuel Johnson
  • "No deseo conversar con un hombre que haya escrito más de lo que ha leído." (Samuel Johnson)
  • To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. - Samuel Johnson
  • RT @rfolkard1: @JLYRICAL118 "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." - Dr Samuel Johnson
  • Samuel Johnson | Arkadaşlıkda, sevgi gibi yoklukla kaybolur.
  • RT @GreatestQuotes: "Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance." - Samuel Johnson
  • @JLYRICAL118 "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." - Dr Samuel Johnson
  • Şüphe, mutluluğun olduğu kadar erdemin de düşmanıdır. (Samuel Johnson)
  • The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson
  • "Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance." - Samuel Johnson
  • He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson
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  • RT @FixedOpsGenius: RT @ManagersDiary: "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." ~Samuel Johnson …
  • A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. ― Samuel Johnson
  • RT @GreatestQuotes: "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." - Samuel Johnson
  • RT @Practice_Wisdom: "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson
  • There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. ~Samuel Johnson
  • El lenguaje es el vestido de los pensamientos. -- Samuel Johnson. (1709-1784) Escritor británico.
  • Sanatın düşmanı bilgisizliktir. SAMUEL JOHNSON #DinlediğiimMüzikk
  • "He who praises everybody praises nobody." -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
  • RT @nigelmckay: "#Travelling is to regulate imagination by reality - instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." - Sam…
  • @whereinlondonis Hodge - Samuel Johnson's cat in Gough Street?
  • A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.-Samuel Johnson
  • RT @ryanaboyd: Can we please get a film version of THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON with John Goodman as SJ and Matthew McConaughey as Boswell?
  • @AxelKoster I like Samuel Johnson's retort of the triumph of human hope over experience
  • The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. ― Samuel Johnson
  • 😷 Pekerjaan besar tdk dihasilkan dr kekuatan,melainkan oleh ketekunan ❞- Samuel Johnson
  • A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good. - Samuel Johnson
  • Can we please get a film version of THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON with John Goodman as SJ and Matthew McConaughey as Boswell?
  • Wanton behavior: In the 1700s, Garner's Modern American Usage says, Samuel Johnson declared an end to "wont." ...