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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... practice of the learned in all ages , have given a fanction to biographical hiftory , and concurred to recommend precept of the wife fon of Sirach , in which we are exhorted to praife famous men , fuch as by their counfels and by their ...
... practice of the learned in all ages , have given a fanction to biographical hiftory , and concurred to recommend precept of the wife fon of Sirach , in which we are exhorted to praife famous men , fuch as by their counfels and by their ...
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... practice in his time , for a fer- vitor , by order of the mafter , to go round to the rooms of the young men , and knocking at the door , to en- quire if they were within , and , if no answer was return- ed , to report them abfent ...
... practice in his time , for a fer- vitor , by order of the mafter , to go round to the rooms of the young men , and knocking at the door , to en- quire if they were within , and , if no answer was return- ed , to report them abfent ...
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... practice of the civil or the common law ; the for- mer of these required a long courfe of academical infti- tution , and how to fucceed in the latter , he had not learned ; but his father's inability to fupport him checked * lia's day ...
... practice of the civil or the common law ; the for- mer of these required a long courfe of academical infti- tution , and how to fucceed in the latter , he had not learned ; but his father's inability to fupport him checked * lia's day ...
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... practice in the King's Bench court equal with any there . ' He fucceeded Pemberton in the office of chief justice of the king's bench , and died of an apoplexy and palfy a fhort time before the revolution . A curious delineation of his ...
... practice in the King's Bench court equal with any there . ' He fucceeded Pemberton in the office of chief justice of the king's bench , and died of an apoplexy and palfy a fhort time before the revolution . A curious delineation of his ...
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... practice thereof , were observable in Johnson : it was wonderful to fee , when he took up a book , with what eagerness he perused , and with what hafte his eye , for it has been related , that he had the ufe of only one , travelled over ...
... practice thereof , were observable in Johnson : it was wonderful to fee , when he took up a book , with what eagerness he perused , and with what hafte his eye , for it has been related , that he had the ufe of only one , travelled over ...
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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.