The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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12. oldal
... returned ta Lichfield . His father died foon after , De- cember 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the fon's hand - writing , dated 15th June in 12 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... returned ta Lichfield . His father died foon after , De- cember 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared by a memorandum in the fon's hand - writing , dated 15th June in 12 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
20. oldal
... foon receiving an increase from the GEMMA , the KELTU , the BRANSA , and the other fmaller rivers , it expands to fuch a breadth in the plains of BOAD , which is not above three days journey from its fource , that a mufket - ball will ...
... foon receiving an increase from the GEMMA , the KELTU , the BRANSA , and the other fmaller rivers , it expands to fuch a breadth in the plains of BOAD , which is not above three days journey from its fource , that a mufket - ball will ...
29. oldal
... foon exhausted . In his visionary project of an academy Johnson had probably wafted his wife's fubftance ; and Garrick's father had little more than his half - pay.- The two fellow - travellers had the world be- fore them , and each was ...
... foon exhausted . In his visionary project of an academy Johnson had probably wafted his wife's fubftance ; and Garrick's father had little more than his half - pay.- The two fellow - travellers had the world be- fore them , and each was ...
30. oldal
... foon emerged from all his difficulties . Johnfon was left to toil in the humble walks of literature . A tragedy , as appears by Walmfley's letter , was the the whole of his ftock . This , most proba- 30 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... foon emerged from all his difficulties . Johnfon was left to toil in the humble walks of literature . A tragedy , as appears by Walmfley's letter , was the the whole of his ftock . This , most proba- 30 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
41. oldal
... foon after the departure of Savage . What habits he contracted in the courfe of that acquaintance cannot now be known . The ambition of excelling in converfation , and that pride of victory , which , at times , difgraced a man of ...
... foon after the departure of Savage . What habits he contracted in the courfe of that acquaintance cannot now be known . The ambition of excelling in converfation , and that pride of victory , which , at times , difgraced a man of ...
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76. 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 - 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.
212. 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.
12. oldal - He appears by his modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
55. oldal - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
353. oldal - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
340. oldal - Lyce, in which he claims for this ancient personage as good a right to be assimilated to heaven, as nymphs whom other poets have flattered; he therefore ironically ascribes to her the attributes of the sky, in such stanzas as this: " Her teeth the night with darkness dies, She's starr'd with pimples o'er ; Her tongue like nimble lightning plies, And can with thunder roar.
214. oldal - Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end?
76. oldal - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
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.