The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... lights and shades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford afford a lesson perhaps as valuable as the mo- ral 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... lights and shades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford afford a lesson perhaps as valuable as the mo- ral 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... light . What should be related , and what thould not , has been published without distinction . Dicenda tacenda locuti ! Every thing that fell from him has been caught with eagerness by his admirers , who , as he fays in one of his ...
... light . What should be related , and what thould not , has been published without distinction . Dicenda tacenda locuti ! Every thing that fell from him has been caught with eagerness by his admirers , who , as he fays in one of his ...
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... light that it appears to me , I 66 hope you will burn this , and pardon me " for giving you so much trouble about an " impracticable thing ; but , if you think " there is a probability of obtaining the " favour asked , I am fure your ...
... light that it appears to me , I 66 hope you will burn this , and pardon me " for giving you so much trouble about an " impracticable thing ; but , if you think " there is a probability of obtaining the " favour asked , I am fure your ...
الصفحة 85
... light Shoots a pale glimmer through the gloom of night , While paffions , error , phantoms of the brain , And vain opinions , fill the dark domain ; A dreary void , where fears with grief combin'd Waste all within , and defolate the ...
... light Shoots a pale glimmer through the gloom of night , While paffions , error , phantoms of the brain , And vain opinions , fill the dark domain ; A dreary void , where fears with grief combin'd Waste all within , and defolate the ...
الصفحة 94
... light on this fubject . The late Dr. Rofe , of Chitwick , whom Johnson loved and refpected , con- tended for the pre - eminence of the Scotch writers ; and Ferguson's book on Civil So- ciety , then on the eve of publication , he faid ...
... light on this fubject . The late Dr. Rofe , of Chitwick , whom Johnson loved and refpected , con- tended for the pre - eminence of the Scotch writers ; and Ferguson's book on Civil So- ciety , then on the eve of publication , he faid ...
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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.