The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Količina 1A. V. Blake, 1846 |
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Stran iii
... continued at the university till the want of pecuniary supplies obliged him to quit the place . He obtained , however , the assistance of a friend , and returning in a short time , was able to complete a residence of three years . The ...
... continued at the university till the want of pecuniary supplies obliged him to quit the place . He obtained , however , the assistance of a friend , and returning in a short time , was able to complete a residence of three years . The ...
Stran viii
... continued it from that time to the debate on spirituous liquors , which happened in the House of Lords in February 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splen dour of language displayed in the several ] care that the ...
... continued it from that time to the debate on spirituous liquors , which happened in the House of Lords in February 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splen dour of language displayed in the several ] care that the ...
Stran x
... continued regularly every Tuesday and Saturday , for the space of two years , when it finally closed , on Saturday , March 14 , 1752. As it began with motives of piety , so it appears that the same reli- gious spirit glowed with ...
... continued regularly every Tuesday and Saturday , for the space of two years , when it finally closed , on Saturday , March 14 , 1752. As it began with motives of piety , so it appears that the same reli- gious spirit glowed with ...
Stran xviii
... continued meditation , and write their productions only , when , in their opinion , they have completed them . This last was Johnson's method . He never took his pen in hand till he had well weighed his subject , and grasped in his In ...
... continued meditation , and write their productions only , when , in their opinion , they have completed them . This last was Johnson's method . He never took his pen in hand till he had well weighed his subject , and grasped in his In ...
Stran xxi
... continued in the city , administering medical as- pleted in 1781. Should Biography fall again sistance , was suffered , as Johnson used to re - into disuse , there will not always be a Johnson late with tears in his eyes , to die for ...
... continued in the city , administering medical as- pleted in 1781. Should Biography fall again sistance , was suffered , as Johnson used to re - into disuse , there will not always be a Johnson late with tears in his eyes , to die for ...
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Stran xv - 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 xv - Seven years, my lord, have now passed since 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 215 - So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Stran xxiii - 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 ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Stran iv - He appears by bis modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Stran 103 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Stran 110 - Thus forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety, or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper.
Stran xv - 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 110 - In a short time we remit our fervour, and endeavour to find some mitigation of our duty, and some more easy means of obtaining the same end. We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Stran 78 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.