The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler ; and W. Pickering, 1825 |
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... edition I have not seen . This was tran- scribed for the press from his own manuscript . As this undertaking was occasional and unforeseen , I must be supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been ...
... edition I have not seen . This was tran- scribed for the press from his own manuscript . As this undertaking was occasional and unforeseen , I must be supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been ...
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... editions ; a very uncommon in- stance of favourable reception , at a time when literary ou- riosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised animosity ; and Dennis at- tacked it by a formal ...
... editions ; a very uncommon in- stance of favourable reception , at a time when literary ou- riosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised animosity ; and Dennis at- tacked it by a formal ...
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... edition , he retained the satire , and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroick poetry ; and , 1705 , he published Eliza , in ten books . I am afraid ...
... edition , he retained the satire , and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroick poetry ; and , 1705 , he published Eliza , in ten books . I am afraid ...
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... edition of Waller , with notes often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quotations from Clarendon . Illus- trations drawn from a book so easily consulted , should be made by reference rather than transcription ...
... edition of Waller , with notes often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quotations from Clarendon . Illus- trations drawn from a book so easily consulted , should be made by reference rather than transcription ...
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... edition of his works , in which he omitted what he disapproved , and enlarged what seemed deficient . He now went to court , and was kindly received by queen Caroline ; to whom and to the princess Anne , he presented his works , with ...
... edition of his works , in which he omitted what he disapproved , and enlarged what seemed deficient . He now went to court , and was kindly received by queen Caroline ; to whom and to the princess Anne , he presented his works , with ...
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Stran 210 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Stran 63 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Stran 210 - Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild, And shoot a shady lustre o'er the field. Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms, by fits, thick flashes send, Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent warriors wait the rising morn.
Stran 267 - Dryden's mind was sufficiently shown by the dismission of his poetical prejudices, and the rejection of unnatural thoughts and rugged numbers. But Dryden never desired to apply all the judgment that he had. He wrote, and professed to write, merely for the people ; and when he pleased others he contented himself.
Stran 98 - ... misfortunes, applauded his merit, took all the opportunities of recommending him, and asserted, that " the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father '.
Stran 58 - I hear is, that he felt a gradual decay, though so early in life," and was declining for five or six months. It was not, as I apprehended, the gout in his stomach, but I believe rather a complication first of gross humours, as he was naturally corpulent, not discharging themselves, as he used no sort of exercise.
Stran 357 - He has a kind of strutting dignity, and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art and his struggle are too visible, and there is too little appearance of ease and nature.
Stran 268 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Stran 265 - He considered poetry as the business of his life; and, however he might seem to lament his occupation, he followed it with constancy; to make verses was his. first labour, and to mend them was his last!
Stran 105 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg...