The works of Samuel Johnson, Količina 71824 |
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... shew the earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his employment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found his ...
... shew the earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his employment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found his ...
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... shew the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving , gold and silver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its nominal value . The nation was alarmed ; the new coin was uni- versally refused ; but the ...
... shew the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving , gold and silver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its nominal value . The nation was alarmed ; the new coin was uni- versally refused ; but the ...
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... shew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the consciousness that him- self had hastened it . Beauty and the power of pleasing , the greatest external advantages that woman can ...
... shew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the consciousness that him- self had hastened it . Beauty and the power of pleasing , the greatest external advantages that woman can ...
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... publish- ed , which had been the production of former years ; " Polite Conversation , " which appeared in 1738 . The " Directions for Servants " was printed soon after his death . These two performances shew a mind SWIFT . 33.
... publish- ed , which had been the production of former years ; " Polite Conversation , " which appeared in 1738 . The " Directions for Servants " was printed soon after his death . These two performances shew a mind SWIFT . 33.
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Samuel Johnson. after his death . These two performances shew a mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute oc- currences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting ...
Samuel Johnson. after his death . These two performances shew a mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute oc- currences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting ...
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Aaron Hill Addison afterwards appears Atrides blank verse Bolingbroke called censure character composition copy criticism Curll death delight diction diligence discovered Dorset downs Dryden Dunciad edition Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry Epistle epitaph Essay excellence fame father faults favour friendship genius Grongar Hill Homer honour Iliad images Ireland kind King known labour lady language learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke lyrick Lyttelton Mallet mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers once opinion passages perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed produced prose publick published reader reason received reputation rhyme satire says seems sent shew shewn solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift tell thing Thomson tion told translation truth virtue Warburton Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young
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Stran 203 - Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms—
Stran 65 - Guardian"; he seems to have done only that for which a guardian is appointed; he endeavoured to direct his niece till she should be able to direct herself. Poetry has not often been worse employed than in dignifying the amorous fury of a raving girl.
Stran 260 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Stran 41 - That's very strange ; but, if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings ; tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket I' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Stran 225 - ... as books or conversation extended his knowledge and opened his prospects. They are, I think, improved in general; yet I know not whether they have not lost part of what Temple calls their "race," a word which, applied to wines in its primitive sense, means the flavour of the soil.
Stran 223 - He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet...
Stran 118 - His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify; and his impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause.
Stran 127 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
Stran 196 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Stran 148 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the " Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.