The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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الصفحة ii
... never surmounted by him during his future days . Samuel Johnson was grievously afflicted in his infancy with the scrophula , the scars produced by which deformed his features during life . At that time the ancient opinion was not ...
... never surmounted by him during his future days . Samuel Johnson was grievously afflicted in his infancy with the scrophula , the scars produced by which deformed his features during life . At that time the ancient opinion was not ...
الصفحة iii
... never seen " the human face divine ; " and probably , therefore , comprehended inaccurately the whole import of the expression . He was indo- lent in his habits both of mind and body , but was a good scholar ; and this circumstance , or ...
... never seen " the human face divine ; " and probably , therefore , comprehended inaccurately the whole import of the expression . He was indo- lent in his habits both of mind and body , but was a good scholar ; and this circumstance , or ...
الصفحة iv
... never wish- " ed for ; while the man of general knowledge can " often benefit , and always please . " This coun- sel appears to have been abundantly acceptable to the inclination of Johnson , and he pursued it at an early as well as a ...
... never wish- " ed for ; while the man of general knowledge can " often benefit , and always please . " This coun- sel appears to have been abundantly acceptable to the inclination of Johnson , and he pursued it at an early as well as a ...
الصفحة viii
... never fully forgive . Indeed the injury was of a serious nature , on account of the contemptuous light in which mankind are apt to view this sort of distress , which is seldom experienced by those engaged in active life . During his ...
... never fully forgive . Indeed the injury was of a serious nature , on account of the contemptuous light in which mankind are apt to view this sort of distress , which is seldom experienced by those engaged in active life . During his ...
الصفحة ix
... never appeared . During the same year , he addressed from Birmingham to Mr Ed- ward Cave , the proprietor and editor of the Gen- tleman's Magazine , an offer to supply that work with original poems and dissertations ; but it does not ...
... never appeared . During the same year , he addressed from Birmingham to Mr Ed- ward Cave , the proprietor and editor of the Gen- tleman's Magazine , an offer to supply that work with original poems and dissertations ; but it does not ...
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الصفحة xxxi - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
الصفحة xxxii - I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
الصفحة 20 - Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a...
الصفحة 15 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
الصفحة xxxiv - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
الصفحة 23 - ... prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy; In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r...
الصفحة lix - MACPHERSON, — I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
الصفحة 21 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
الصفحة xlix - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room.
الصفحة 21 - The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirl'd, For...