The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, المجلد 3G. Cowie, 1825 |
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... verses to one lady , and then forsaken her only because she could not read them , and had lampooned another for no other fault than defaming his sister . Having been hitherto accustomed to obey , I ventured to dismiss Mr. Frisk , who ...
... verses to one lady , and then forsaken her only because she could not read them , and had lampooned another for no other fault than defaming his sister . Having been hitherto accustomed to obey , I ventured to dismiss Mr. Frisk , who ...
الصفحة 149
... verse , but mere prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , hav- ing neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected ...
... verse , but mere prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , hav- ing neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected ...
الصفحة 154
... verses on Oliver's death . ” This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he compled with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
... verses on Oliver's death . ” This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he compled with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
الصفحة 155
... verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its authour no friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor ... verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of flowers in various mea- sures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of ...
... verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its authour no friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor ... verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of flowers in various mea- sures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of ...
الصفحة 157
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others ...
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others ...
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الصفحة 202 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
الصفحة 173 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
الصفحة 217 - ... is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.
الصفحة 455 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
الصفحة 270 - The thoughts which are occasionally called forth in the progress, are such as could only be produced by an imagination in the highest degree fervid and active, to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts.
الصفحة 274 - The plan of Paradise Lost has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer, are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know.
الصفحة 507 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early : he was one of the first £riends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. . He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was, a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
الصفحة 223 - ... there can be no religion. The remedy against these evils is to punish the authors; for it is yet allowed that every society may punish, though not prevent, the publication of opinions which that society shall think pernicious. But this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted because by our laws we can hang...
الصفحة 635 - And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
الصفحة 203 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.