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vii. oldal
... Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. His father , Michael Johnson , was a bookseller in that city ; a man of large , athletic make , and violent passions ; wrong- headed , positive , and , at times , afflicted with a degree of melan ...
... Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. His father , Michael Johnson , was a bookseller in that city ; a man of large , athletic make , and violent passions ; wrong- headed , positive , and , at times , afflicted with a degree of melan ...
vii. oldal
... Lichfield , where he was not remarkable for diligence or regular application . Whatever he read , his tenacious memory made his own . In the fields , with his schoolfellows , he talked more to himself than with his companions . In 1725 ...
... Lichfield , where he was not remarkable for diligence or regular application . Whatever he read , his tenacious memory made his own . In the fields , with his schoolfellows , he talked more to himself than with his companions . In 1725 ...
vii. oldal
... Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were , it is vain to inquire ; but to refuse assistance to a lad of promising genius must be pronounced harsh and illiberal . It ...
... Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were , it is vain to inquire ; but to refuse assistance to a lad of promising genius must be pronounced harsh and illiberal . It ...
vii. oldal
... Lichfield . father died soon after , December , 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the son's handwriting , dated 15th of June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence ...
... Lichfield . father died soon after , December , 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the son's handwriting , dated 15th of June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence ...
xiii. oldal
... Lichfield , was distinguished by his erudition , and the politeness of his manners . He was the friend of Johnson , and , by his weight and influence , endeavoured to promote his interest . The celebrated Garrick , whose father ...
... Lichfield , was distinguished by his erudition , and the politeness of his manners . He was the friend of Johnson , and , by his weight and influence , endeavoured to promote his interest . The celebrated Garrick , whose father ...
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xxvi. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
lxvii. oldal - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
5. oldal - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th
10. oldal - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear.
xlvi. oldal - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
255. oldal - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
7. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
xviii. oldal - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
187. oldal - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
8. oldal - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.