The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, 8. kötet1835 |
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viii. oldal
... . - Lies of Vanity . - Opium . of Merit . Use of Riches . ing Accounts . ― - - Exaggeration . — Neglect Crabbe's " Village . " - Keep- - Lords Mansfield , Loughborough , and - Thurlow . Harrington's Nugæ Antiquæ . -- - - " viii CONTENTS .
... . - Lies of Vanity . - Opium . of Merit . Use of Riches . ing Accounts . ― - - Exaggeration . — Neglect Crabbe's " Village . " - Keep- - Lords Mansfield , Loughborough , and - Thurlow . Harrington's Nugæ Antiquæ . -- - - " viii CONTENTS .
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... merits of the English poets : upon the niceties of their characters , and the events of their progress through the world which they contributed to illuminate . His mind was so full of that kind of information , and it was so well ...
... merits of the English poets : upon the niceties of their characters , and the events of their progress through the world which they contributed to illuminate . His mind was so full of that kind of information , and it was so well ...
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... merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations ... merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is ...
... merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations ... merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is ...
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... merit of originality , with uncommon force and reasoning . Various Readings in the Life of Waller . " Consented to [ the insertion of their names ] their own nomination . 66 66 [ After ] paying a fine of ten thousand pounds ...
... merit of originality , with uncommon force and reasoning . Various Readings in the Life of Waller . " Consented to [ the insertion of their names ] their own nomination . 66 66 [ After ] paying a fine of ten thousand pounds ...
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... merit with steady consciousness , and waiting , without impa- tience , the vicissitudes of opinion , and the impartiality of a future generation . " Indeed even Dr. Towers , who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of The ...
... merit with steady consciousness , and waiting , without impa- tience , the vicissitudes of opinion , and the impartiality of a future generation . " Indeed even Dr. Towers , who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of The ...
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acquaintance admirable afterwards answered antè appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney called character church club consider conversation curious DEAR SIR death desire died dined dropsy eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy Hebrides honour Hoole hope JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Thurlow lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad Madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps person physicians pleased pleasure poet pounds praise prayers pretty woman published recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Whig Wilkes William wish wonder write written wrote young
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394. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
81. oldal - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
120. oldal - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
44. oldal - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
270. oldal - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
67. oldal - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
383. oldal - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
84. oldal - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
279. oldal - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
72. oldal - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him