The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler ; and W. Pickering, 1825 |
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Stran ix
... say , that , in many instances , the strictures passed upon him might not be just . We will call the attention of our readers to some few of the charges brought against the work now before us , and then leave it to their candid and ...
... say , that , in many instances , the strictures passed upon him might not be just . We will call the attention of our readers to some few of the charges brought against the work now before us , and then leave it to their candid and ...
Stran xi
... not from a sour delight in detecting and exposing the frailties of his fellow men , but from a belief that , in so doing , he was promoting the good of mankind . " It is particu- larly the duty , " says he , " of PREFATORY NOTICE . xi.
... not from a sour delight in detecting and exposing the frailties of his fellow men , but from a belief that , in so doing , he was promoting the good of mankind . " It is particu- larly the duty , " says he , " of PREFATORY NOTICE . xi.
Stran xii
Samuel Johnson. larly the duty , " says he , " of those who consign illustrious names to posterity , to take care lest their readers be misled by am- biguous examples . That writer may justly be condemned as an enemy to goodness , who ...
Samuel Johnson. larly the duty , " says he , " of those who consign illustrious names to posterity , to take care lest their readers be misled by am- biguous examples . That writer may justly be condemned as an enemy to goodness , who ...
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... say , that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was , perhaps , willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed ...
... say , that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was , perhaps , willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed ...
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... say , that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his inclination . To Prior gratitude would dictate praise , which reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise ...
... say , that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his inclination . To Prior gratitude would dictate praise , which reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise ...
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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...