The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].George Cowie, 1825 |
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... raising reputation . The various species of de- tractors 184 145. Petty writers not to be despised . 188 146. An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character . The uncertainty of fame 192 147. The courtier's esteem of ...
... raising reputation . The various species of de- tractors 184 145. Petty writers not to be despised . 188 146. An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character . The uncertainty of fame 192 147. The courtier's esteem of ...
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... raise monuments more durable than brass , and more conspicuous than pyramids , has been long the common boast of literature ; but , among the innumerable architects that erect columns to themselves , far the greater part , either for ...
... raise monuments more durable than brass , and more conspicuous than pyramids , has been long the common boast of literature ; but , among the innumerable architects that erect columns to themselves , far the greater part , either for ...
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... raised to notice . It cannot , however , be denied , that many have sunk into oblivion , whom it were unjust to number with this des- picable class . Various kinds of literary fame seem destin- ed to various measures of duration . Some ...
... raised to notice . It cannot , however , be denied , that many have sunk into oblivion , whom it were unjust to number with this des- picable class . Various kinds of literary fame seem destin- ed to various measures of duration . Some ...
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... raises his character by artifices and fallacies , decks himself in colours which quickly fade , or in plumes which accident may shake off , or competition pluck away . The danger of early eminence has been extended by some , even to the ...
... raises his character by artifices and fallacies , decks himself in colours which quickly fade , or in plumes which accident may shake off , or competition pluck away . The danger of early eminence has been extended by some , even to the ...
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... raise the flames of unlawful love ; yet , among the ladies whom prudence or modesty have made most eminent , who has ever complained of the inconve- niences of an amiable form ? or would have purchased safety by the loss of charms ...
... raise the flames of unlawful love ; yet , among the ladies whom prudence or modesty have made most eminent , who has ever complained of the inconve- niences of an amiable form ? or would have purchased safety by the loss of charms ...
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الصفحة 154 - So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
الصفحة 279 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
الصفحة 156 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
الصفحة 155 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
الصفحة 21 - What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd and humiliation meek?
الصفحة 228 - Is it not certain that the tragic and comic affections have been moved alternately with equal force, and that no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius merely by the event.
الصفحة 150 - He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
الصفحة 154 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
الصفحة 148 - But will arise and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall e're long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted Trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his Worshippers.
الصفحة 279 - ... we do not immediately conceive that any crime of importance is to be committed with a knife ; or who does not, at last, from the long habit of connecting a knife with sordid offices, feel aversion rather than terror...