'"drudge like Selden days & nights
And in the Endless labour die"'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb Print: Book
?I shall certainly have the pleasure of seeing you tomorrow, and will turn over the prospectus in my mind, meanwhile.?
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Dickens Manuscript: Unknown
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 21 January 1831:
'You will lend me Phalaris (will you not?) at some future time -- -- i have read it
[italics]once[end italics] thro', -- yet, as there are many things [italics]in[end italics] the book which I should like to read oftener than once, I do not feel quite satisfied, & would bespeak a second loan [...] It is certainly a wonderful work, -- & less wonderful in the extent & depth of its learning, than in the felicity & aptitude & vivacity of that learning's application.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
'Boswell. "But, Sir, may there not be very good conversation without a contest for superiority." Johnson. "No animated conversation, Sir; for it cannot be but one or other will come off superior. I do not mean that the victor must have the better of the argument, for he may take the weak side; but his superiority of parts and knowledge will necessarily appear: and he to whom he thus shows himself superiour is lessened in the eyes of the young men. You know it was said, [italics] 'Mallem cum Scaligero errare quam cum Clavio recte sapere [end italics]' In the same manner take Bentley's and Jason de Nores' Comments upon Horace, you will admire Bentley more when wrong than Jason when right."
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book
'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's "Collection", which he recited with his usual energy.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book
