The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... and shades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford afford a lesson perhaps as valuable as the mo- ral 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... and shades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford afford a lesson perhaps as valuable as the mo- ral 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... truth . In the prefent cafe , how- ever , nothing needs to be disguised , and ex- aggerated praise is unneceffary . It is an ob- servation of the younger Pliny , in his Epif- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that hiftory ought never to ...
... truth . In the prefent cafe , how- ever , nothing needs to be disguised , and ex- aggerated praise is unneceffary . It is an ob- servation of the younger Pliny , in his Epif- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that hiftory ought never to ...
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... truth shall be the answer . The proprietors of John- fon's Works thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor ...
... truth shall be the answer . The proprietors of John- fon's Works thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor ...
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... you , than assu- " ring you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. ft . " c3 " GOWER . " This This fcheme mifcarried . There is reafon to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
... you , than assu- " ring you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. ft . " c3 " GOWER . " This This fcheme mifcarried . There is reafon to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
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... truth . But this story has Johnson was never an incident in his known to mention fuch life ; and Mr. Steele ( late of the Treasury ) caufed diligent fearch to be made at the pro- per offices , and no trace of such a pro- ceeding could ...
... truth . But this story has Johnson was never an incident in his known to mention fuch life ; and Mr. Steele ( late of the Treasury ) caufed diligent fearch to be made at the pro- per offices , and no trace of such a pro- ceeding could ...
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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.