The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy] Poems. Rasselas, prince of Abissinia. LettersTalboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
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... whole of his sermons . It has been hitherto the practice to give one or two , with a cursory notice , that Johnson's theological knowledge was scanty , or un- worthy of his general fame . We have acted under a very dif- ferent ...
... whole of his sermons . It has been hitherto the practice to give one or two , with a cursory notice , that Johnson's theological knowledge was scanty , or un- worthy of his general fame . We have acted under a very dif- ferent ...
Stran iii
... whole force of her ridicule against the priests and their counsels . They , at length , prevailed , and he is said to have sent her word to re- tire to France , or that her pension of 4,000l . a year should be withdrawn . She then ...
... whole force of her ridicule against the priests and their counsels . They , at length , prevailed , and he is said to have sent her word to re- tire to France , or that her pension of 4,000l . a year should be withdrawn . She then ...
Stran vi
... whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the son's handwriting , dated 15th of June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence , determined that poverty should neither depress his spirits nor ...
... whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the son's handwriting , dated 15th of June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence , determined that poverty should neither depress his spirits nor ...
Stran ix
... whole place being full of trees . A line of ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . These springs are supposed , by the Abyssins , to be the vents of a great subterraneous lake . At a small distance to the south , is a village ...
... whole place being full of trees . A line of ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . These springs are supposed , by the Abyssins , to be the vents of a great subterraneous lake . At a small distance to the south , is a village ...
Stran x
... whole passage , which is no less than six leagues . Here begins the greatness of the Nile . Fifteen miles farther , in the land of Alata , it rushes precipitately from the top of a high rock , and forms one of the most beautiful ...
... whole passage , which is no less than six leagues . Here begins the greatness of the Nile . Fifteen miles farther , in the land of Alata , it rushes precipitately from the top of a high rock , and forms one of the most beautiful ...
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Stran xxxv - 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? 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 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 xxvi - ... 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 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 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 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.
Stran 22 - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Stran 200 - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle, inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
Stran 255 - ... or vicious delights. They act as beings under the constant sense of some known inferiority, that fills their minds with rancour and their tongues with censure. They are peevish at home, and malevolent abroad; and, as the outlaws of human nature, make it their business and their pleasure to disturb that society which debars them from its privileges. To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity,...
Stran 16 - See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.