The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 oldal |
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... friends , foon became visible in the garb and appearance Johnson , which , though in fome degree concealed by a fcholar's gown , and that we know is never deemed the lefs honourable for being old , was fo apparent as to excite pity in ...
... friends , foon became visible in the garb and appearance Johnson , which , though in fome degree concealed by a fcholar's gown , and that we know is never deemed the lefs honourable for being old , was fo apparent as to excite pity in ...
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... friends expreffed their wonder at his acquifitions , made in a ftate of apparent negligence ' and drunkenness , he never difcovered his hours of reading or method of ftudy , but involved himself ' in affected filence , and fed his own ...
... friends expreffed their wonder at his acquifitions , made in a ftate of apparent negligence ' and drunkenness , he never difcovered his hours of reading or method of ftudy , but involved himself ' in affected filence , and fed his own ...
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... friend of captain Garrick , who had for fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con- ' fequence , of Mr ... friends that literature procured me ; and , I hope that , at leaft , my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " C ...
... friend of captain Garrick , who had for fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con- ' fequence , of Mr ... friends that literature procured me ; and , I hope that , at leaft , my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " C ...
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... friends ; for , neither his own abilities , nor the patronage of Mr. Walmsley , nor the exertions of Mrs. Johnson and her relations , fucceeded farther than to produce an acceffion of about five or fix pupils ; fo that his number , at ...
... friends ; for , neither his own abilities , nor the patronage of Mr. Walmsley , nor the exertions of Mrs. Johnson and her relations , fucceeded farther than to produce an acceffion of about five or fix pupils ; fo that his number , at ...
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... friends , and travellers from the fame place , and just arrived with a view to fettle here , he was fo moved with their artlefs tale , that , on their joint note , he advanced them all that their modefty would permit them to afk ...
... friends , and travellers from the fame place , and just arrived with a view to fettle here , he was fo moved with their artlefs tale , that , on their joint note , he advanced them all that their modefty would permit them to afk ...
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350. oldal - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
299. oldal - ... representing him on horseback, with a lance in one hand and a book in the other...
235. oldal - A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience.
519. oldal - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
197. oldal - Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
198. 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.
63. oldal - ... light that it appears to me, I hope you will burn this, and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing ; but, if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked, I am sure your humanity, and propensity to relieve merit in distress, will incline you to serve the poor man, without my adding any more to the -trouble I have already given you, than assuring you that I am, with great truth, sir, " Your faithful servant,
557. 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
175. oldal - The books he used for this purpose were what he had in his own collection, a copious but a miserably ragged one, and all such as he could borrow; which latter, if ever they came back to those that lent them, were so defaced as to be scarce worth owning, and yet, some of his friends were glad to receive and entertain them as curiosities.
126. oldal - He will learn, sir, that to accuse and prove are very different, and that reproaches unsupported by evidence affect only the character of him that utters them. Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young...