Lichfield: The Birthplace of Dr. Johnson. Issued Under the Auspices of the Lichfield Tradesmen's AssociationE.J. Burrow, 1906 - 82 páginas |
Palavras e frases frequentes
afterwards Altar screen ancient apse Bailiff Beacon Street beautiful Bird Street birthplace Bishop Langton Bishop of Lichfield Boots Boswell brewing BUILDER building built buried Burlison and Grylls BURROW Photo called Canon century Chad CHAD'S CHAPEL Chapter House choir aisle choir screen Corporation Dam Street David Garrick Dean and Chapter death Decorating Dictionary diocese Early English Edial Edward Elias Ashmole erected Established father Flour Friary given glass Gospels GRAMMAR SCHOOL Greenhill High-class HOAR CROSS John Street Kempe King Lady Chapel late Letocetum Library LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL London Longdon Green Market Street memorial Michael miles nave Norman OLD BREWERY original plate present Repairs resided restoration Roger de Clinton roof Samuel Johnson Sandford Street Sanitary Sheriff shrine Sir Gilbert Scott south side south transept Speciality spire Staffordshire SWAN HOTEL Sydney Oldham Tamworth Street Telephone tower trade transept vaulting West Front Whittington Barracks window wine
Passagens conhecidas
Página 60 - all was false and hollow," despised the honeyed words, and was even indignant that Lord Chesterfield should, for a moment, imagine that he could be the dupe of such an artifice. His expression to me concerning Lord Chesterfield, upon this occasion, was, " Sir, after making great professions, he had, for many years, taken no notice of me ; but when my Dictionary was coming out, he fell a scribbling in ' The World
Página 59 - At Edial, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages, by SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Página 61 - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Página 62 - Sir, (said Johnson,) we are a city of philosophers, we work with our heads, and make the boobies of Birmingham work for us with their hands.
Página 61 - He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants, who, he said, were ' the most sober, decent people in England, the genteelest in proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English.
Página 56 - Hunter, the headmaster, who, according to his account, 'was very severe, and wrongheadedly severe. He used (said he) to beat us unmercifully; and he did not distinguish between ignorance and negligence; for he would beat a boy equally for not knowing a thing, as for neglecting to know it.
Página 59 - ... hair, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind ; and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages, and said to her daughter: "This is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life.
Página 56 - ... that three of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him to school. One in the middle stooped, while he sat upon his back, and one on each side supported him; and thus he was borne triumphant.
Página 57 - He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me.
Página 60 - He then told Sir Joshua that Lord Bute said to him expressly, " It is not given you for anything you are to do, but for what you have done.