The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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... sent at the age of six to the school at Kilkenny , and in his fif- teenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the university of Dublin . In his academical studies he was either not diligent or not happy . It must disappoint every reader's ...
... sent at the age of six to the school at Kilkenny , and in his fif- teenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the university of Dublin . In his academical studies he was either not diligent or not happy . It must disappoint every reader's ...
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... sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who pro- bably was proud of his employment , and went with all the con- fidence of a young man , found his arguments , and his art of dis- playing them , made totally ineffectual by ...
... sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who pro- bably was proud of his employment , and went with all the con- fidence of a young man , found his arguments , and his art of dis- playing them , made totally ineffectual by ...
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... sent him . to the grave , deprived of reason . Being much oppressed at Moor - park by this grievous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , returned to Sir William , at whose ...
... sent him . to the grave , deprived of reason . Being much oppressed at Moor - park by this grievous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , returned to Sir William , at whose ...
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... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having pe- rused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual ...
... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having pe- rused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual ...
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... sent from the country to parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal , and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the minis ...
... sent from the country to parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal , and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the minis ...
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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.