Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedyNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Stran 1
... Writer , who has bequeathed to pofterity a lafting legacy , are prefented to the world , it is naturally ex- pected , that fome account of his life should accompany the edition . The Reader wishes to know as much as poffible of the ...
... Writer , who has bequeathed to pofterity a lafting legacy , are prefented to the world , it is naturally ex- pected , that fome account of his life should accompany the edition . The Reader wishes to know as much as poffible of the ...
Stran 2
... writer , there is , befides , a rule of justice to which the publick have an undoubted claim . Fond ad- miration and partial friendship should not be fuffered to reprefent his virtues with exag- geration ; nor fhould malignity be ...
... writer , there is , befides , a rule of justice to which the publick have an undoubted claim . Fond ad- miration and partial friendship should not be fuffered to reprefent his virtues with exag- geration ; nor fhould malignity be ...
Stran 3
... writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret ...
... writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret ...
Stran 4
... writer undertakes with a trembling hand . He has no difcoveries , no fecret anecdotes , no occafional controverfy , no fudden flathes of wit and humour , no private conversation , and no new facts , to embellish his work . Every thing ...
... writer undertakes with a trembling hand . He has no difcoveries , no fecret anecdotes , no occafional controverfy , no fudden flathes of wit and humour , no private conversation , and no new facts , to embellish his work . Every thing ...
Stran 6
... writer ? Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a short , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnfon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. * His father , Michael Johnson , was a ...
... writer ? Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a short , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnfon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. * His father , Michael Johnson , was a ...
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ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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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 17 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
Stran 18 - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
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 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 76 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
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 76 - 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.
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...