The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the AuthorB. Johnson, J. Johnson and R. Johnson, 1805 - Всего страниц: 132 |
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... genius , we are told by Mrs. Piozzi and Sir John Hawkins , that at the age of three years Johnson trod by accident upon one of a brood of eleven ducks , and killed it , and upon that occasion made the following verses . Here lies good ...
... genius , we are told by Mrs. Piozzi and Sir John Hawkins , that at the age of three years Johnson trod by accident upon one of a brood of eleven ducks , and killed it , and upon that occasion made the following verses . Here lies good ...
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... genius ; it was resolved that he should do the whole himself from notes furnished by persons employed to attend in both houses of parliament . His sole composition of them began Nov. 19 , 1740 , and ended February 23d , 1742-3 . From ...
... genius ; it was resolved that he should do the whole himself from notes furnished by persons employed to attend in both houses of parliament . His sole composition of them began Nov. 19 , 1740 , and ended February 23d , 1742-3 . From ...
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... genius to retire to Swansea ; By which means Johnson was parted from his com- panion , and exempted from many temptations to dis- sipation and licentiousness , in which he indulged from his attachment to his friend , though contrary to ...
... genius to retire to Swansea ; By which means Johnson was parted from his com- panion , and exempted from many temptations to dis- sipation and licentiousness , in which he indulged from his attachment to his friend , though contrary to ...
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... genius . Johnson ever acknowleged the obligation with grati- tude , ' He praised me , ' said he , at a time when praise was of value to me . ' In 1746 he formed and digested the plan of his great philological work , which might then be ...
... genius . Johnson ever acknowleged the obligation with grati- tude , ' He praised me , ' said he , at a time when praise was of value to me . ' In 1746 he formed and digested the plan of his great philological work , which might then be ...
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... genius as the Rambler ; but it has more of real life as well as ease of language . Soon after the death of his mother , which hap- pened in the beginning of 1759 , he wrote his Rasse- las , Prince of Abyssinia , that with the profits he ...
... genius as the Rambler ; but it has more of real life as well as ease of language . Soon after the death of his mother , which hap- pened in the beginning of 1759 , he wrote his Rasse- las , Prince of Abyssinia , that with the profits he ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold bless bosom breast breathe charms Circassia Collins death delight e'en ECLOGUE English language ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flowers foes Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine gold golden reign grace grief grove happy hear heart heaven honour hope hour Johnson Juvenal kings language light literary live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd lover lyre maid maze of fate merit Metastasio mind mirth moral mournful Murphy muse myrtle nature nature's night numbers Nymph o'er passions peaceful Pity plain pleasure poem poet poetical pow'r praise pride rage Rambler Rasselas reign Rio verde rise Samuel Johnson SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scenes scorn shade shews shine sighs sing Sir John Hawkins skies smile soft sooth soul spreads Spring Stella sweet thee thine thou thought Thrale toil truth vale verse virtue virtue's voice wealth wild wise writings youth
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Стр. 22 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Стр. 21 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Стр. 67 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Стр. 19 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring ' Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Стр. 69 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Стр. 58 - With every wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dogdays, in December sweat. How, when competitors like these contend, Can surly Virtue hope to fix a friend...
Стр. 58 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Стр. 80 - Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Стр. 99 - 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. 68 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th