The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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... written by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin , on St. Andrew's day , 1667 ... written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing in the library of Dublin college . R. † Spence's ...
... written by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin , on St. Andrew's day , 1667 ... written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing in the library of Dublin college . R. † Spence's ...
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... written , replete with political knowledge . When he seemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the bishop , that he was " a young man ; " and , still per- sisting to doubt , that he was " a very positive young man ...
... written , replete with political knowledge . When he seemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the bishop , that he was " a young man ; " and , still per- sisting to doubt , that he was " a very positive young man ...
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... written with great coolness , moderation , ease , and perspicuity . The " Argument against abolishing Christianity " is a very happy and judicious irony . One passage in it deserves to be selected . " If christianity were once abolished ...
... written with great coolness , moderation , ease , and perspicuity . The " Argument against abolishing Christianity " is a very happy and judicious irony . One passage in it deserves to be selected . " If christianity were once abolished ...
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... written after the facts , and the rest never completed , but well planned to excite amazement . Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the primate of Ireland to solicit the queen for a ...
... written after the facts , and the rest never completed , but well planned to excite amazement . Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the primate of Ireland to solicit the queen for a ...
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... 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 , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he pro ...
... 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 , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he pro ...
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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.