The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " spect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells D 3 Etat . 72. ] 37 DR . JOHNSON . with vigour and haste." In a memorandum pre- ...
... led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " spect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells D 3 Etat . 72. ] 37 DR . JOHNSON . with vigour and haste." In a memorandum pre- ...
47. oldal
... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , " Follow'd false lights ; and when their glympse was gone , " My pride struck out new sparkles of her own . " Such was I , such by nature still I am ; " Be thine the glory , and be ...
... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , " Follow'd false lights ; and when their glympse was gone , " My pride struck out new sparkles of her own . " Such was I , such by nature still I am ; " Be thine the glory , and be ...
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... informed me it was your desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition that if the letters were found to contain any thing F4 Etat . 72. ] 71 DR . JOHNSON . compliance with my solicitation, I with humble ...
... informed me it was your desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition that if the letters were found to contain any thing F4 Etat . 72. ] 71 DR . JOHNSON . compliance with my solicitation, I with humble ...
74. oldal
... desires , and luxury enjoys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to furnish me with proper topicks of inquiry ; I can only wish for in- formation ; and hope , that a mind comprehensive like yours will find leisure , amidst the cares ...
... desires , and luxury enjoys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to furnish me with proper topicks of inquiry ; I can only wish for in- formation ; and hope , that a mind comprehensive like yours will find leisure , amidst the cares ...
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... desire , had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms , in St. Paul's Church - yard . He told Mr. Hoole , that he wished to have a City Club , and asked him to collect one ; but , said he , " Don't let them be patriots . " The company ...
... desire , had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms , in St. Paul's Church - yard . He told Mr. Hoole , that he wished to have a City Club , and asked him to collect one ; but , said he , " Don't let them be patriots . " The company ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admirable answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention authour believe Bennet Langton Bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney called character Club compliments consider conversation curious death dined dropsy eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy hear Hebrides Herbert Croft honour hope humble servant instance JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton learning letter Litchfield literary live London Lord Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad Madam manner mentioned merit mind never night obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps person pleased pleasure poet pounds praise prayers pretty woman publick racter reason recollect remarkable respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed shew shewn Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Whig Wilkes wish wonder write written wrote young
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324. oldal - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
100. 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.
104. oldal - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
47. oldal - My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
48. oldal - The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability of wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in disputation [matter], thoughts flowed in on either side. " The abyss of an un-ideal [emptiness] vacancy.
459. oldal - He had a constitutional melancholy, the clouds of which darkened the brightness of his fancy, and gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking: yet, though grave and awful in his deportment, when he thought it necessary or proper, he frequently indulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the...
151. oldal - Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind; Nor, letter'd arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefin'd.
113. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale: sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound...
80. 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 ; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to. set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
316. oldal - We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. Novell's, where was a very agreeable company; and we drank "Church and King" after dinner, with true Tory cordiality.