The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler ; and W. Pickering, 1825 |
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... gave to the British nation a new style of biography . Johnson's decided taste for this species of writing , and his familiarity with the works of those whose lives he has recorded , peculiarly fitted him for the task ; but it has been ...
... gave to the British nation a new style of biography . Johnson's decided taste for this species of writing , and his familiarity with the works of those whose lives he has recorded , peculiarly fitted him for the task ; but it has been ...
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... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and an- other in the customs , of six hundred pounds a year . Con- greve's conversation must surely have been , at least , equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an ...
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and an- other in the customs , of six hundred pounds a year . Con- greve's conversation must surely have been , at least , equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an ...
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Samuel Johnson. Next year he gave another specimen of his abilities in the Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the lord Halifax , a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the ...
Samuel Johnson. Next year he gave another specimen of his abilities in the Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the lord Halifax , a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the ...
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... gave no proof that time had improved his wisdom or his wit ; for , on the death of the marquis of Blandford , this was his song : And now the winds , which had so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill : The water ...
... gave no proof that time had improved his wisdom or his wit ; for , on the death of the marquis of Blandford , this was his song : And now the winds , which had so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill : The water ...
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... gave advice to painters . Not long after , 1712 , he published Creation , a philoso- phical poem , which has been , by my recommendation , in- serted in the late collection . Whoever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
... gave advice to painters . Not long after , 1712 , he published Creation , a philoso- phical poem , which has been , by my recommendation , in- serted in the late collection . Whoever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
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Addison afterwards appeared beauties blank verse Boileau Bolingbroke censure character contempt criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad edition elegance endeavoured epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence faults favour fortune friendship genius Gentleman's Magazine happy Homer honour Iliad images imagination justly kind king known labour lady language learning letter likewise lines lived lord Tyrconnel Mallet mankind ment mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once passion performance perhaps Pindar pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present printed publick published queen racter reader reason received remarked reputation satire Savage says seems sentiments sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon sufficient supposed Swift sylphs tell thing Thomson tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Westminster Abbey WILLIAM TRUMBULL write written wrote Young
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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...