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... published by fubfcription at Oxford , in the year 1731 , under the name of J. Husbands . He had but little relifh for mathematical learn- ing , and was content with such a degree of know- ledge in phyfics , as he could not but acquire ...
... published by fubfcription at Oxford , in the year 1731 , under the name of J. Husbands . He had but little relifh for mathematical learn- ing , and was content with such a degree of know- ledge in phyfics , as he could not but acquire ...
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... published it in an octavo volume , Johnson , in February 1733-4 , left that place , and returned to Lichfield , from whence , in the month of Auguft fol- lowing , he iffued a propofal , foliciting a fubfcription to an edition of ...
... published it in an octavo volume , Johnson , in February 1733-4 , left that place , and returned to Lichfield , from whence , in the month of Auguft fol- lowing , he iffued a propofal , foliciting a fubfcription to an edition of ...
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... published . The authors of these were , for the most part , men whofe indigent circum- ftances compelled them to live in the fuburbs and moft obfcure parts of the town ; Grub - street then abounded with mean and old houfes , which were ...
... published . The authors of these were , for the most part , men whofe indigent circum- ftances compelled them to live in the fuburbs and moft obfcure parts of the town ; Grub - street then abounded with mean and old houfes , which were ...
الصفحة 36
... published it , and that he had not the vanity to profefs teaching all sci- ences , nor the effrontery of thofe , who , in thefe more modern times , undertake , in private boarding - schools to qualify young men for holy orders . The ...
... published it , and that he had not the vanity to profefs teaching all sci- ences , nor the effrontery of thofe , who , in thefe more modern times , undertake , in private boarding - schools to qualify young men for holy orders . The ...
الصفحة 42
... published in 4to . 1658 , with the title of Unhappy Fair Irene her Tragedy . See Langbaine's Account of Dramatic Poets , edit . 1691 , p . 499. Of the latter , entitled , Irene or the Fair Greek , 4to . 1708 , one Charles Goring , Efq ...
... published in 4to . 1658 , with the title of Unhappy Fair Irene her Tragedy . See Langbaine's Account of Dramatic Poets , edit . 1691 , p . 499. Of the latter , entitled , Irene or the Fair Greek , 4to . 1708 , one Charles Goring , Efq ...
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الصفحة 350 - 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 299 - ... representing him on horseback, with a lance in one hand and a book in the other...
الصفحة 235 - A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience.
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 197 - Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
الصفحة 198 - 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.
الصفحة 63 - ... light that it appears to me, I 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 sure your humanity, and propensity to relieve merit in distress, will incline you to serve the poor man, without my adding any more to the -trouble I have already given you, than assuring you that I am, with great truth, sir, " Your faithful servant,
الصفحة 557 - 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
الصفحة 175 - The books he used for this purpose were what he had in his own collection, a copious but a miserably ragged one, and all such as he could borrow; which latter, if ever they came back to those that lent them, were so defaced as to be scarce worth owning, and yet, some of his friends were glad to receive and entertain them as curiosities.
الصفحة 126 - He will learn, sir, that to accuse and prove are very different, and that reproaches unsupported by evidence affect only the character of him that utters them. Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young...