The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... funs and worlds , and confounded with the " magnificence and immenfity of nature ; " the ease , with which this paffage rifes to un- affected affected grandeur , is the fecret charm that captivates the GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 159.
... funs and worlds , and confounded with the " magnificence and immenfity of nature ; " the ease , with which this paffage rifes to un- affected affected grandeur , is the fecret charm that captivates the GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 159.
160. oldal
Samuel Johnson. affected grandeur , is the fecret charm that captivates the reader . Johnfon is always lofty ; he feems , to ufe Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to ...
Samuel Johnson. affected grandeur , is the fecret charm that captivates the reader . Johnfon is always lofty ; he feems , to ufe Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to ...
162. oldal
... charms while he inftructs ; and wri- ting , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic ftyle , he may be pronounced the fafeft model for imitation . Ac- The effays written by Johnfon in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
... charms while he inftructs ; and wri- ting , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic ftyle , he may be pronounced the fafeft model for imitation . Ac- The effays written by Johnfon in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
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... charms , but charm not all alike , On different fenfes different objects ftrike : Hence different paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one mafter - paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different fenfes different objects ftrike : Hence different paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one mafter - paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
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... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a fingle name ; And mortgag'd ftates their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a fingle name ; And mortgag'd ftates their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
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ABDALLA affift Afpafia againſt anſwer ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt blefs bookfeller breaſt buſineſs CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe converfation courſe death defire DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula feems fhades fhall fhews fhine fhould fibi fighs firft firſt fkies flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit ftill fubject fuch fword Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juftice labours laft laſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er Obferve occafion paffions pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſays SCENE ſhall Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe wiſh
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75. 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.
77. 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.
21. 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
77. oldal - ... 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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
77. 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?
57. oldal - Memory and her siren daughters, but by 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.
6. oldal - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
20. oldal - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
22. oldal - 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.
29. oldal - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.