The works of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötetT. Tegg, 1824 |
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... hand . He has no discoveries , no secret anecdotes , no occasional controversy , no sudden flashes of wit and humour , no private conversa- tion , and no new facts , to embellish his work . Every thing has been gleaned . Dr. Johnson ...
... hand . He has no discoveries , no secret anecdotes , no occasional controversy , no sudden flashes of wit and humour , no private conversa- tion , and no new facts , to embellish his work . Every thing has been gleaned . Dr. Johnson ...
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... hand- writing , dated 15th June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence , deter- mined that poverty should neither depress his spirit nor warp his integrity , he became under- master of a Grammar - school at Market ...
... hand- writing , dated 15th June , 1732 , was no more than twenty pounds . In this exigence , deter- mined that poverty should neither depress his spirit nor warp his integrity , he became under- master of a Grammar - school at Market ...
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... hands of a man who had meditated the his- tory of the Latin poets . Guthrie the historian had from July 1736 composed the parliamentary speeches for the Magazine ; but , from the begin- ning of the session , which opened on the 19th of ...
... hands of a man who had meditated the his- tory of the Latin poets . Guthrie the historian had from July 1736 composed the parliamentary speeches for the Magazine ; but , from the begin- ning of the session , which opened on the 19th of ...
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... hand to both parties . " That is " not quite true , " said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care " that the wHIG DOGS should not have the best " of it . " The sale of the Magazine was greatly increased by the ...
... hand to both parties . " That is " not quite true , " said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care " that the wHIG DOGS should not have the best " of it . " The sale of the Magazine was greatly increased by the ...
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... hand . Osborne thought that such curiosity tended to nothing but delay , and objected to it with all the pride and insolence of a man who knew that he paid daily wages . In the dispute that of course ensued , Osborne , with that rough ...
... hand . Osborne thought that such curiosity tended to nothing but delay , and objected to it with all the pride and insolence of a man who knew that he paid daily wages . In the dispute that of course ensued , Osborne , with that rough ...
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55. oldal - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
54. oldal - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
54. oldal - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
156. 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...
55. oldal - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
86. 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 ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
157. oldal - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
32. oldal - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
55. oldal - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
50. oldal - Why, Sir, it is a very harmless doctrine. They are of opinion that the generality of mankind are neither so obstinately wicked as to deserve everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, Sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.