The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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Stran 120
... by the sense he had of it , and we see his heart overflowing with grati- tude . He leaves the place with regret , and cafis a lingering look behind . The The few remaining occurrences may be foon dispatched . In 120 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE ...
... by the sense he had of it , and we see his heart overflowing with grati- tude . He leaves the place with regret , and cafis a lingering look behind . The The few remaining occurrences may be foon dispatched . In 120 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE ...
Stran 132
... leaves doubled down , and in particular those which con- tained his fhare in the Parliamentary De- bates . Such was the goodness of Johnson's heart , that he then declared , that " those " debates were the only parts of his writings ...
... leaves doubled down , and in particular those which con- tained his fhare in the Parliamentary De- bates . Such was the goodness of Johnson's heart , that he then declared , that " those " debates were the only parts of his writings ...
Stran 148
... leaves room to think , if he had devoted himself to the Muses , that he would have been the rival of Pope . His first production in this kind was LONDON , a poem in imitation of the third fatire of Juvenal . The vices of the metro ...
... leaves room to think , if he had devoted himself to the Muses , that he would have been the rival of Pope . His first production in this kind was LONDON , a poem in imitation of the third fatire of Juvenal . The vices of the metro ...
Stran 165
... leaves us room to think that the author was tranfcribing from his own apprehenfions . The discourse on the nature of the foul gives us all that philofophy knows , not without a tincture of fuperftition . It is remarkable that the vanity ...
... leaves us room to think that the author was tranfcribing from his own apprehenfions . The discourse on the nature of the foul gives us all that philofophy knows , not without a tincture of fuperftition . It is remarkable that the vanity ...
Stran 167
... leaves the reader in astonishment . Johnson , with true piety , adopts the fanciful hypothesis , de- claring it to be a noble emendation , which al- moft fets the critic on a level with the author . The general obfervations at the end ...
... leaves the reader in astonishment . Johnson , with true piety , adopts the fanciful hypothesis , de- claring it to be a noble emendation , which al- moft fets the critic on a level with the author . The general obfervations at the end ...
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Stran 75 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Stran 77 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Stran 21 - 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Stran 77 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Stran 77 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Stran 57 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Stran 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
Stran 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
Stran 22 - 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.
Stran 29 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.