The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... become special pleaders and advocates ; and , by an unrestrained abuse of the liberty of speech , have acquired popularity and wealth . A remarkable inftance of this kind occurs in the account of a famous lawyer of the last century ...
... become special pleaders and advocates ; and , by an unrestrained abuse of the liberty of speech , have acquired popularity and wealth . A remarkable inftance of this kind occurs in the account of a famous lawyer of the last century ...
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... becoming gentlemen at large , mixing in all public recreations and amufements † , neglecting their ftudies Adornatâ parentibus menfà , recito confecrationem : deinde prandentibus miniftro , donec jubeor et ipfe prandium fumere . + While ...
... becoming gentlemen at large , mixing in all public recreations and amufements † , neglecting their ftudies Adornatâ parentibus menfà , recito confecrationem : deinde prandentibus miniftro , donec jubeor et ipfe prandium fumere . + While ...
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... become flaves to the Turks : --- a meffage , ' fays Lobo , which filled us with surprise ; it having never been known that one of thefe lords had ever abandoned any whom he had taken under his protection ; and it is , on the contrary ...
... become flaves to the Turks : --- a meffage , ' fays Lobo , which filled us with surprise ; it having never been known that one of thefe lords had ever abandoned any whom he had taken under his protection ; and it is , on the contrary ...
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... become an author by in profeffion ; an occupation , which , though it may , fome views of it , be deemed mercenary , as adapting itself to particular occafions and conjunctures , nay , to the interests , paffions and prejudices , and ...
... become an author by in profeffion ; an occupation , which , though it may , fome views of it , be deemed mercenary , as adapting itself to particular occafions and conjunctures , nay , to the interests , paffions and prejudices , and ...
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... become his affiftant ; but Mr. Budworth thought him- felf under a neceffity of declining them , from an ap- prehenfion that thofe convulfive motions to which Johnson through life was fubject , might render him an object of imitation ...
... become his affiftant ; but Mr. Budworth thought him- felf under a neceffity of declining them , from an ap- prehenfion that thofe convulfive motions to which Johnson through life was fubject , might render him an object of imitation ...
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Стр. 349 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Стр. 265 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Стр. 519 - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
Стр. 127 - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
Стр. 344 - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
Стр. 155 - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Стр. 190 - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
Стр. 555 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Стр. 62 - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
Стр. 584 - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.