The Works of Samuel Johnson, Količina 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
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... expected that some account of his life should accompany the edition . The reader wishes to know as much as possible of the author . The circumstances that attended him , the features of his private character , his conversation , and the ...
... expected that some account of his life should accompany the edition . The reader wishes to know as much as possible of the author . The circumstances that attended him , the features of his private character , his conversation , and the ...
Stran xxiii
... expected a Mæcenas , and was disappointed . No patronage , no assistance followed . Visits were repeated ; but the reception was not cordial . Johnson , one day , was left a full hour , waiting in an antichamber , till a gentleman ...
... expected a Mæcenas , and was disappointed . No patronage , no assistance followed . Visits were repeated ; but the reception was not cordial . Johnson , one day , was left a full hour , waiting in an antichamber , till a gentleman ...
Stran xxx
... expected , that the elegant and nervous writer , whose judicious sentiments , and inimitable style , point out the author of Lauder's preface and postcript , will no longer allow a man to plume himself with his feathers , who appears so ...
... expected , that the elegant and nervous writer , whose judicious sentiments , and inimitable style , point out the author of Lauder's preface and postcript , will no longer allow a man to plume himself with his feathers , who appears so ...
Stran liv
... expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would en- dure the least disgust . Unanimity is impossible ...
... expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would en- dure the least disgust . Unanimity is impossible ...
Stran lxv
... expected , when he was to cease being what George Garrick , brother to the celebrated actor , called him , the first time he heard him converse , a tremendous companion . " He certainly wished to be polite , and even thought himself so ...
... expected , when he was to cease being what George Garrick , brother to the celebrated actor , called him , the first time he heard him converse , a tremendous companion . " He certainly wished to be polite , and even thought himself so ...
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Stran 15 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th
Stran 19 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Stran lvi - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Stran 17 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Stran 206 - is much to be desired; but I am afraid that no man will be able to breathe in these regions of speculation and tranquillity.
Stran xxxv - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord...
Stran 215 - The business of a poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which...
Stran 259 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Stran lxxvii - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Stran 18 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.