..."What's o'clock?" 1879. 1027 " I sent thee late a rosy wreath, etc." 1880. 443 Dr. Johnson's penance. " Once, indeed, said he, I was disobedient: I refused...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." — Boswell. 13, Holland Street, Kensington. 1882. 15 Low tide — Coast of Normandy. 33 A grey afternoon...

...of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago, I desired to atone for my fault ; I went to Uttoxeter, in very bad weather,...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." So on that spot, where he stood self-shriven,' was placed this structure, which appeals more to the...

...in very bad weather, and stood for a considerable time bare-headed in the rain, on the spot vr here my father's stall used to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory" (Boswell's Life of Johnson, Croker's edition, 1831, vol. v. p. 288).] 3 [The reference is to some verses...

...son. " Once, indeed (said he), I was disobedient ; I refused to attend my father to Uttoxeter-market. Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." " I told him (says Miss Seward) in one of my latest visits to him of a wonderful learned pig, which...

...uncovered my head, and stood with it bare, for an hour, on the spot where my father's stall used 5 to stand. In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." Who does not figure to himself this spectacle, amid the "rainy weather, and the sneers," or wonder,...

...whether it be considered a wise act or not, displays a manly courage that shrunk from no self-sacrifice: Once indeed (said he), I was disobedient : I refused...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory. It will be seen that Johnson's piety, although thoroughly sincere and proved by deed and word, was...

...son. " Once, indeed, (said he) I was disobedient ; I refused to attend my father to Uttoxeter-market. Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." "I told him (says Miss Seward) in one of my latest visits to him, of a wonderful learned pig, which...

...went into the market at the time of business, uncovered my head, and stood with it bare for an hour on the spot where my father's stall used to stand....contrition, I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." He was right. Just what that act of Dr. Johnson's accomplished in the adjustment of the moral order...

...to attend my father to Uttoxeter-market. Pride was the source of that refusal, 1 His mother. — ED. and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.' 'I told him (says Miss Seward) in one of my latest visits to him, of a wonderful learned pig, which...

...could not in general accuse himself of having been an undutiful son, " but once, indeed," he said, " I was disobedient ; I refused to attend my father...contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory." "The picture of him standing bareheaded in the market-place," says Carlyle, " is one of the grandest...