The Works of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötet |
Részletek a könyvből
24. oldal
... commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; yours , To chase the charms of sound , the pomp of show , For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue form the rising age , And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage .
... commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; yours , To chase the charms of sound , the pomp of show , For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue form the rising age , And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage .
Mit mondanak mások - Írjon ismertetőt
Nem találtunk ismertetőket a szokott helyeken.
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ABDALLA affection answered appeared ASPASIA attend beauty CALI called cause considered continued conversation danger dear death delight DEMETRIUS desire entered expected eyes father fear force give hand happy hear heard heart honour hope hour human imagination Imlac IRENE island Johnson kind king knowledge known labour lady late learned leave less letter live look lord lost MAHOMET manners means mind morning mountains nature never night observed once opinion passed passion Pekuah perhaps pleased pleasure pow'r praise present prince princess reason received remains rest rocks says SCENE seems seen sometimes soon soul suppose surely talk tell thee thing thou thought THRALE tion told translation travelled truth virtue whole wish write written
Népszerű szakaszok
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.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Works of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötet Microbook library of English literature Oxf. Engl. classics Oxford English Classics The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Szerző | Samuel Johnson |
| Szerkesztő | Francis Pearson Walesby |
| Kiadó | Talboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
| Eredeti forrása | Oxfordi Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2006. ápr. 10. |
| Idézet exportálása | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |