The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Količina 51851 |
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Stran xi
... tion , confusion , and discontent . The old military system was broken up , chief and clan were disunited , and emigration was in full progress . Every where there seemed to be , as in the poet's dream- " A lurid light , a trampling ...
... tion , confusion , and discontent . The old military system was broken up , chief and clan were disunited , and emigration was in full progress . Every where there seemed to be , as in the poet's dream- " A lurid light , a trampling ...
Stran xv
... tion to a number of small tenants born on his estate . They obtained possession , but proved unable to cultivate their crofts successfully , and the only result was a loss of £ 400 per annum to the generous and unfortunate chief ...
... tion to a number of small tenants born on his estate . They obtained possession , but proved unable to cultivate their crofts successfully , and the only result was a loss of £ 400 per annum to the generous and unfortunate chief ...
Stran 17
... tion ; and the variety of his allusions and splendour of his imagery have made such an impression on all the rest of the world , that superficial observers are apt to overlook his other merits , and to suppose that wit is his chief and ...
... tion ; and the variety of his allusions and splendour of his imagery have made such an impression on all the rest of the world , that superficial observers are apt to overlook his other merits , and to suppose that wit is his chief and ...
Stran 39
... tion , it seems that a smaller quantity of money , equal in value to a larger quantity if equally divided , should produce the same effect . But it is not so in reality . Many more conveniencies and elegancies are enjoyed where money is ...
... tion , it seems that a smaller quantity of money , equal in value to a larger quantity if equally divided , should produce the same effect . But it is not so in reality . Many more conveniencies and elegancies are enjoyed where money is ...
Stran 43
... tion of the murder of Archbishop Sharp on Magus Muir , May 3rd , 1679. The assassina- tion of the prelate , as is well known , was the work of a band of fanatics , nine in number , the principal parties being a landed proprietor ...
... tion of the murder of Archbishop Sharp on Magus Muir , May 3rd , 1679. The assassina- tion of the prelate , as is well known , was the work of a band of fanatics , nine in number , the principal parties being a landed proprietor ...
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Stran 58 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Stran 174 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.
Stran 106 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Stran 94 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Stran 61 - What is to become of society, if a friendship of twenty years is to be broken off for such a cause ? ' As Bacon says, ' Who then to frail mortality shall trust, ' But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
Stran 33 - He cannot deny himself the vanity of finishing with the encomium of Dr. Johnson, whose friendly partiality to the companion of his tour represents him as one "whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel in countries less hospitable than we have passed.
Stran 265 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among...
Stran 105 - O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Stran 70 - Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir, is the most invulnerable man I know ; the man with whom if you should quarrel, you will find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Stran 77 - It is a pity to see Lord Monboddo publish such notions as he has done; a man of sense, and of so much elegant learning. There would be little in a fool doing it; we should only laugh; but when a wise man does it, we are sorry. Other people have strange notions; but they conceal them. If they have tails, they hide them; but Monboddo is as jealous of his tail as a squirrel.