The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 oldal |
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... person of far fuperior endowments , who afterwards at- tained a doctor's degree , and is at this time head of his college . Encouraged , by a change fo propitious to his ftudies , fludies , he profecuted them with diligence , attended ...
... person of far fuperior endowments , who afterwards at- tained a doctor's degree , and is at this time head of his college . Encouraged , by a change fo propitious to his ftudies , fludies , he profecuted them with diligence , attended ...
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... and palfy a fhort time . before the revolution . A curious delineation of his person and character may be feen in the volume above cited . December , December , 1729 , when , as appears by a DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 15 1 ...
... and palfy a fhort time . before the revolution . A curious delineation of his person and character may be feen in the volume above cited . December , December , 1729 , when , as appears by a DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 15 1 ...
68. oldal
... person as Mr. Warburton ; and Pope had for all the remainder of his life reason to reflect with pleasure on the cir- cumstances that brought them acquainted , and which I will presently relate . Warburton's origin and rife into literary ...
... person as Mr. Warburton ; and Pope had for all the remainder of his life reason to reflect with pleasure on the cir- cumstances that brought them acquainted , and which I will presently relate . Warburton's origin and rife into literary ...
138. oldal
... person of << great learning , worth , and integrity , and " now a living teftimony , without exception , " may be confulted if any man doubts what << is here delivered . See Animadverfions upon a book called Fani Anglorum Facies Nova ...
... person of << great learning , worth , and integrity , and " now a living teftimony , without exception , " may be confulted if any man doubts what << is here delivered . See Animadverfions upon a book called Fani Anglorum Facies Nova ...
164. oldal
... hour of death , and in the day of judgment . Amen . ' I intend to - morrow to review the rules I have at any time laid down , in order to practise them . ' a part a part of his character , and deterred many persons 164 THE LIFE OF.
... hour of death , and in the day of judgment . Amen . ' I intend to - morrow to review the rules I have at any time laid down , in order to practise them . ' a part a part of his character , and deterred many persons 164 THE LIFE OF.
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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...