The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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... poem : at least you will allow there are some good passages in it . " JOHNSON . " There are now and then some good ... poetry I have , in a former part of this work , expressed my high opinion ; and for that of Mr. Mason I have ever ...
... poem : at least you will allow there are some good passages in it . " JOHNSON . " There are now and then some good ... poetry I have , in a former part of this work , expressed my high opinion ; and for that of Mr. Mason I have ever ...
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... poem was preserved there , though in the neighbouring counties , where the same language was spoken , the ... poetry should be preserved by tradition . " One of the company suggested an internal objection to the antiquity of the poetry ...
... poem was preserved there , though in the neighbouring counties , where the same language was spoken , the ... poetry should be preserved by tradition . " One of the company suggested an internal objection to the antiquity of the poetry ...
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... poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at this time ; but upon a subse quent occasion he ... poetry of a middle sort 14 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at this time ; but upon a subse quent occasion he ... poetry of a middle sort 14 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... poetry should not , like every thing else , have different gradations of excellence , and , consequently of value . Johnson repeated the common remark , that " as there is no necessity for our having poetry at all , it being merely a ...
... poetry should not , like every thing else , have different gradations of excellence , and , consequently of value . Johnson repeated the common remark , that " as there is no necessity for our having poetry at all , it being merely a ...
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... poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical reputation , a man of genius can now hardly acquire it . JOHNSON . " That is one of the most sensible things I have ever heard ...
... poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical reputation , a man of genius can now hardly acquire it . JOHNSON . " That is one of the most sensible things I have ever heard ...
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436. oldal - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
211. oldal - Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
81. oldal - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as. by a good tavern or inn.
470. 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.
81. oldal - There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that...
444. oldal - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
403. oldal - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
444. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
142. oldal - Pray give me leave, Sir; — It is better here — A little of the brown— Some fat, Sir— A little of the stuffing — Some gravy — Let me have the pleasure of giving you some butter— Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon, perhaps, may have more zest." — " Sir, Sir, I am obliged to you, Sir...
219. oldal - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.