The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son [and 35 others in London], 1787 - Всего страниц: 602 |
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... Common Prayer Book , printed in Queen Anne's reign , but in thefe latter with great variations . It may seem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn B 3 It DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . this disease that deprived him of the fight of his ...
... Common Prayer Book , printed in Queen Anne's reign , but in thefe latter with great variations . It may seem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn B 3 It DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . this disease that deprived him of the fight of his ...
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... common law ; the for- mer of these required a long courfe of academical insti- tution , and how to fucceed in the latter , he had not learned ; but his father's inability to fupport him checked lia's day , Mr. Pope having read it , in a ...
... common law ; the for- mer of these required a long courfe of academical insti- tution , and how to fucceed in the latter , he had not learned ; but his father's inability to fupport him checked lia's day , Mr. Pope having read it , in a ...
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... common friend : but what are < the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public ftock of harmless pleafure . ' The benevolent perfon , fo gratefully ...
... common friend : but what are < the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public ftock of harmless pleafure . ' The benevolent perfon , fo gratefully ...
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... common one of Smith , which he directs Cave to address him by , in his letter of 25th Nov. 1734. Being now come to town , and determined , or rather conftrained , to rely on the labour of his brain for fupport , he , to improve the ...
... common one of Smith , which he directs Cave to address him by , in his letter of 25th Nov. 1734. Being now come to town , and determined , or rather conftrained , to rely on the labour of his brain for fupport , he , to improve the ...
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... common with all who are called authors by profeffion , he may be faid to fland in need of an excufe . When Milton wrote the Para- dife Loft , the fum he received for the copy was not his motive , but was an adventitious benefit that ...
... common with all who are called authors by profeffion , he may be faid to fland in need of an excufe . When Milton wrote the Para- dife Loft , the fum he received for the copy was not his motive , but was an adventitious benefit that ...
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Стр. 558 - 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. 153 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Стр. 491 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Стр. 196 - 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. 34 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance.' I knew him very early : he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt.
Стр. 184 - Give yourself to be merry, for you degenerate from your Father if you find not yourself most able in wit and body to do any thing when you be most merry: but let your mirth be ever void of all scurrility and biting words to any man, for a wound given by a word is oftentimes harder to be cured than that which is given with the sword.
Стр. 60 - They highly extol the man's learning and probity ; and will not be persuaded, that the university will make any difficulty of conferring such a favour upon a stranger, if he is recommended by the dean.
Стр. 433 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Стр. 168 - As to all those things which have been published under the titles of Essays, Remarks, Observations, &c. on Shakspeare, if you except some Critical Notes on Macbeth, given as a specimen of a projected edition, and written, as appears, by a man of parts and genius, the rest are absolutely below a serious notice.
Стр. 195 - Perhaps if skill could distant times explore, New Behns, new Durfeys, yet remain in store; Perhaps where Lear has rav'd, and Hamlet died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance.