The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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... English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he desired him to resign . With this request Swift quickly com- plied , having perhaps equally repented their separation , and they lived on together with mutual satisfaction ; and ...
... English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he desired him to resign . With this request Swift quickly com- plied , having perhaps equally repented their separation , and they lived on together with mutual satisfaction ; and ...
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... English tongue , " in a let- ter to the earl of Oxford ; written without much knowledge of the general nature of language , and without any accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which ...
... English tongue , " in a let- ter to the earl of Oxford ; written without much knowledge of the general nature of language , and without any accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which ...
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... English cathedral . He refused , indeed , fifty pounds from lord Oxford ; but he • This emphatic word has not escaped the watchful eye of Dr. Wharton who has placed a nota bene at it . C. accepted afterwards a draught of a thousand upon ...
... English cathedral . He refused , indeed , fifty pounds from lord Oxford ; but he • This emphatic word has not escaped the watchful eye of Dr. Wharton who has placed a nota bene at it . C. accepted afterwards a draught of a thousand upon ...
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... English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and showed that wit , confederated with truth , had such force as authority was unable to resist . He said truly of himself , that Ireland " was ...
... English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and showed that wit , confederated with truth , had such force as authority was unable to resist . He said truly of himself , that Ireland " was ...
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... English parish ; and Bolingbroke procur- ed an exchange , which was rejected ; and Swift still retained the pleasure of complaining . The greatest difficulty that occurs , in analysing his character . is to discover by what depravity of ...
... English parish ; and Bolingbroke procur- ed an exchange , which was rejected ; and Swift still retained the pleasure of complaining . The greatest difficulty that occurs , in analysing his character . is to discover by what depravity of ...
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Стр. 80 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Стр. 127 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted...
Стр. 123 - 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.
Стр. 117 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Стр. 160 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Стр. 165 - 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...
Стр. 50 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Стр. 226 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Стр. 221 - ... men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Стр. 66 - This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now some opportunity of doing good, by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind; since, to invalidate this universal slander, it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it.