... ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 29by James Boswell - 1823Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 pages
...was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful...indignity, or endured by clemency and condescension. Works, viii. 204, 225. THE civilities of the great are never thrown away. It. vi. 446. EVERY great... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 360 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 460 pages
...was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful...indignity, or endured by clemency and condescension " Variout Readings in the Life i/Swirr. " Charity may be persuaded to think that it might be written... | |
| James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1891 - 548 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of...clemency and condescension'.' Various Readings in thc Life of SWIFT. ' Charity may be persuaded to think that it might be written by a man of a peculiar... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of...indignity, or endured by clemency and condescension. Of Swift's general habits of thinking if his Letters can be supposed to afford any evidence, he was... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - English poetry - 1896 - 316 pages
...on all occasions, he was an exact computer, and knew the minutes required to every common operation. himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. They would all have some anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - 1852 - 344 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 726 pages
...established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of...claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignityputs himself in his power ; he is either repelled with helpless indignity, or endured by clemency... | |
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