Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedyNichols and Son, 1801 |
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1. oldal
... should accompany the edition . The Reader wishes to know as much as poffible of the Author . The circumstances that attended him , the features of his private character , his conver- fation , and the means by which he rofe to eminence ...
... should accompany the edition . The Reader wishes to know as much as poffible of the Author . The circumstances that attended him , the features of his private character , his conver- fation , and the means by which he rofe to eminence ...
2. oldal
... should not be fuffered to reprefent his virtues with exag- geration ; nor fhould malignity be allowed , under a fpecious disguise , to magnify mere defects , the ufual failings of human nature , into vice or grofs deformity . The lights ...
... should not be fuffered to reprefent his virtues with exag- geration ; nor fhould malignity be allowed , under a fpecious disguise , to magnify mere defects , the ufual failings of human nature , into vice or grofs deformity . The lights ...
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... should be related , and what should not , has been published without distinction . Dicenda tacenda locuti ! Every thing that fell from him has been caught with eagerness by his admirers , who , as he fays in one of his letters , have ...
... should be related , and what should not , has been published without distinction . Dicenda tacenda locuti ! Every thing that fell from him has been caught with eagerness by his admirers , who , as he fays in one of his letters , have ...
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... should go , " said the witty peer , " if to your many vices you would add 66 one more . " " Pray , my Lord , what is “ that ? ” 66 Hypocrify , my dear Doctor . " Johnson had a younger brother named Na- thaniel , who died at the age of ...
... should go , " said the witty peer , " if to your many vices you would add 66 one more . " " Pray , my Lord , what is “ that ? ” 66 Hypocrify , my dear Doctor . " Johnson had a younger brother named Na- thaniel , who died at the age of ...
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... should be cultivated with care ; and he who can write a language with cor- rectness , will be most likely to understand its idiom , its grammar , and its peculiar graces of ftyle . What man of taste would willingly forego the pleasure ...
... should be cultivated with care ; and he who can write a language with cor- rectness , will be most likely to understand its idiom , its grammar , and its peculiar graces of ftyle . What man of taste would willingly forego the pleasure ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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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.
17. oldal - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
18. oldal - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
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.
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?
76. oldal - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
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.
76. oldal - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
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...