The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... also in all or moft of the impreffions of the Common Prayer Book , printed in Queen Anne's reign , but in these Jatter with great variations . B 3 It It may feem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 5 this ...
... also in all or moft of the impreffions of the Common Prayer Book , printed in Queen Anne's reign , but in these Jatter with great variations . B 3 It It may feem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 5 this ...
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... also been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 , and compiled by the well known Abel Boyer . In this are contained ...
... also been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 , and compiled by the well known Abel Boyer . In this are contained ...
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... also rendered famous by having been the dwelling - place of Mr. Henry Welby , a gentleman of whom it is related in a printed nar- rative that he lived there forty years without being feen of any . or or immoral books and pamphlets , as ...
... also rendered famous by having been the dwelling - place of Mr. Henry Welby , a gentleman of whom it is related in a printed nar- rative that he lived there forty years without being feen of any . or or immoral books and pamphlets , as ...
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... also a friend of captain Garrick , who had for fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con fequence , of Mr. David Garrick , his fon . His cha racter is fo well pourtrayed by Johnson , and represents in fuch lively colours his ...
... also a friend of captain Garrick , who had for fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con fequence , of Mr. David Garrick , his fon . His cha racter is fo well pourtrayed by Johnson , and represents in fuch lively colours his ...
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... also published in verse , a series of devout contempla- tions , called Sunday Thoughts . Johnfon , who often expreffed his diflike of religious poetry , and who , for the purpose of religious meditation , feemed to think one day as ...
... also published in verse , a series of devout contempla- tions , called Sunday Thoughts . Johnfon , who often expreffed his diflike of religious poetry , and who , for the purpose of religious meditation , feemed to think one day as ...
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الصفحة 349 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
الصفحة 265 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
الصفحة 519 - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
الصفحة 127 - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
الصفحة 344 - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
الصفحة 155 - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
الصفحة 190 - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
الصفحة 555 - 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.
الصفحة 62 - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
الصفحة 584 - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.