The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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18. oldal
... that poverty was disgraceful ; and was very severe in his censures of that
economy in both our universities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor
scholars , under the several denominations of servitors in the one , and sizers in
the ...
... that poverty was disgraceful ; and was very severe in his censures of that
economy in both our universities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor
scholars , under the several denominations of servitors in the one , and sizers in
the ...
141. oldal
These works consist of several pieces , partly serious , but mostly comical , in
prose as well as verse , which the author had published from time to time in
single pamphlets . He frankly owns himself no scholar , but being a man of good
natural ...
These works consist of several pieces , partly serious , but mostly comical , in
prose as well as verse , which the author had published from time to time in
single pamphlets . He frankly owns himself no scholar , but being a man of good
natural ...
303. oldal
... descended by degrees into their wonted stations , he was ready for the
personating of another carriage ; whereof , to the number of fourteen several
kinds , ( during the five hours space , that at the dukes desire , the sollicitation of
the court ...
... descended by degrees into their wonted stations , he was ready for the
personating of another carriage ; whereof , to the number of fourteen several
kinds , ( during the five hours space , that at the dukes desire , the sollicitation of
the court ...
305. oldal
Those fifteen several personages he did represent ' with such excellency of garb ,
and exquisiteness of language , that condignely to perpend the subtlety of the
invention , the method of the disposition , the * neatness of the elocution , the ...
Those fifteen several personages he did represent ' with such excellency of garb ,
and exquisiteness of language , that condignely to perpend the subtlety of the
invention , the method of the disposition , the * neatness of the elocution , the ...
437. oldal
This report drew many persons to the house , who , being thus assembled , put
several questions to the girl , and received answers , as from the ghost ,
describing the circumstances of the poisoning , and a promise , by an affirmative
signal ...
This report drew many persons to the house , who , being thus assembled , put
several questions to the girl , and received answers , as from the ghost ,
describing the circumstances of the poisoning , and a promise , by an affirmative
signal ...
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able affected againſt alſo anſwer appear became become called character circumſtances common conduct contained converſation courſe death deſign engaged Engliſh exerciſe father favour firſt former frequently friends Garrick gave give given hand himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe human improvement inſtance intereſt John Johnſon kind known labour language laſt late learning leſs letter living London looked lord manners means mentioned mind moral moſt muſt nature never obſerved occaſion once opinion particulars perſon political practice preſent principles printed profeſſion publiſhed purpoſe reaſon received reflection rendered reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeemed ſentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed theſe thing thoſe thought tion told took tranſlation truth uſe whereof whole whoſe writings written young
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349. oldal - 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.
265. oldal - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
519. oldal - 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.
127. oldal - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
344. oldal - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
155. oldal - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
190. oldal - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
555. oldal - 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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
62. oldal - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
584. oldal - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.