The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker ... [and 9 others], 1820 |
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... shew , whether only one , like Eschylus of tragedy , or whether they were seve- ral ? for neither Horace , nor any before him , ex- plained this * . This poet only quotes three writers 6 6 * The alterations , which have been made in ...
... shew , whether only one , like Eschylus of tragedy , or whether they were seve- ral ? for neither Horace , nor any before him , ex- plained this * . This poet only quotes three writers 6 6 * The alterations , which have been made in ...
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... shew in the following pages , comedy may be more usefully and judiciously distinguished , by the general nature of its subjects . As to the Romans , whether they had , or had not , reason for these names , they have left us so little ...
... shew in the following pages , comedy may be more usefully and judiciously distinguished , by the general nature of its subjects . As to the Romans , whether they had , or had not , reason for these names , they have left us so little ...
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... shew us that this medley may have its merit upon par- ticular occasions . The same may be said in general of his obscurity , his meannesses , and his high flights , and of all the seeming inequality of style , which puts Plutarch in a ...
... shew us that this medley may have its merit upon par- ticular occasions . The same may be said in general of his obscurity , his meannesses , and his high flights , and of all the seeming inequality of style , which puts Plutarch in a ...
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... shew . All works shew the age in which they are produced ; they carry its stamp upon them ; the manners of the times are impressed by indelible marks . If it be al- lowed , that the best of past times were rude in com- parison with ours ...
... shew . All works shew the age in which they are produced ; they carry its stamp upon them ; the manners of the times are impressed by indelible marks . If it be al- lowed , that the best of past times were rude in com- parison with ours ...
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... shew more regard to Herodotus and Suetonius , than to Demosthenes and Cicero , and more to all these than to Homer or Virgil . Of this prejudice , there are regular gradations ; and to come back to the point which we have left , we shew ...
... shew more regard to Herodotus and Suetonius , than to Demosthenes and Cicero , and more to all these than to Homer or Virgil . Of this prejudice , there are regular gradations ; and to come back to the point which we have left , we shew ...
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Стр. 98 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Стр. 130 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Стр. 105 - Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Стр. 109 - Tis much he dares; And, to 5 that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety.
Стр. 299 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
Стр. 417 - The prince heard this narration with very serious regard, but the princess smiled, and Pekuah convulsed herself with laughter. 'Ladies,' said Imlac, 'to mock the heaviest of human afflictions is neither charitable nor wise. Few can attain this man's knowledge, and few practise his virtues; but all may suffer his calamity. Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason.
Стр. 138 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Стр. 103 - All things are hush'd as Nature's self lay dead, The mountains seem to nod their drowsy head : The little birds in dreams their songs repeat, And sleeping flowers beneath the night dews sweat. Even lust and envy sleep...
Стр. 418 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications are rejected, the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood, whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Стр. 418 - There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.