The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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الصفحة 109
... crime is , that he found the country bare of trees , and he has stated the fact . This , Mr. Boswell , in his Tour to the Hebrides , has told us , was refented by his countrymen with anger inflamed to rancour ; but he ad- mits that ...
... crime is , that he found the country bare of trees , and he has stated the fact . This , Mr. Boswell , in his Tour to the Hebrides , has told us , was refented by his countrymen with anger inflamed to rancour ; but he ad- mits that ...
الصفحة 181
... crimes , and call themselves the best men in the state . By intrigue , by cabal , and faction , a pernicious oligarchy is fure to fuc- ceed , and end at last in the tyranny of a fin- gle ruler . Tacitus , the great master of poli- tical ...
... crimes , and call themselves the best men in the state . By intrigue , by cabal , and faction , a pernicious oligarchy is fure to fuc- ceed , and end at last in the tyranny of a fin- gle ruler . Tacitus , the great master of poli- tical ...
الصفحة 184
... be destined to an ' ignominious death for a capital crime , " should , one would imagine , have fome con- " sciousness , that he himself had incurred 66 4 . " fome " fome guilt of the fame kind . " In 184 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... be destined to an ' ignominious death for a capital crime , " should , one would imagine , have fome con- " sciousness , that he himself had incurred 66 4 . " fome " fome guilt of the fame kind . " In 184 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n : But what , my friend , what hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who fcarce forbear , tho ' BRITAIN'S court he fing , To pluck a titled poet's borrow'd wing ; A ...
... crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n : But what , my friend , what hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who fcarce forbear , tho ' BRITAIN'S court he fing , To pluck a titled poet's borrow'd wing ; A ...
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Samuel Johnson. 1 23 By numbers here from fhame or cenfure free , All crimes are fafe but hated poverty . This , only this , the rigid law pursues , This , only this , provokes the fnarling Mufe . The fober trader at a tatter'd cloak ...
Samuel Johnson. 1 23 By numbers here from fhame or cenfure free , All crimes are fafe but hated poverty . This , only this , the rigid law pursues , This , only this , provokes the fnarling Mufe . The fober trader at a tatter'd cloak ...
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الصفحة 75 - Dictionary 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.
الصفحة 77 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
الصفحة 21 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
الصفحة 77 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
الصفحة 77 - 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?
الصفحة 57 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
الصفحة 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
الصفحة 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
الصفحة 22 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
الصفحة 29 - 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.