The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... perhaps never a man whofe failings , after having been exposed by imprudence or exaggerated by malice , were fooner forgotten in the esteem excited by his fuperior talents , and steady virtues . Befides many impreffions of his ...
... perhaps never a man whofe failings , after having been exposed by imprudence or exaggerated by malice , were fooner forgotten in the esteem excited by his fuperior talents , and steady virtues . Befides many impreffions of his ...
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... fhades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford 1 afford a leffon perhaps as valuable as the moral doctrine 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... fhades of the character fhould be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford 1 afford a leffon perhaps as valuable as the moral doctrine 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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Samuel Johnson Arthur Murphy. afford a leffon perhaps as valuable as the moral doctrine that fpeaks with energy in every page of his works . The prefent writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than ...
Samuel Johnson Arthur Murphy. afford a leffon perhaps as valuable as the moral doctrine that fpeaks with energy in every page of his works . The prefent writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than ...
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... perhaps a more fatisfactory account , fuch as may exhibit a juft picture of the man , and keep him the principal figure in the fore ground of his own picture . To comply with that re- queft is the defign of this effay , which the writer ...
... perhaps a more fatisfactory account , fuch as may exhibit a juft picture of the man , and keep him the principal figure in the fore ground of his own picture . To comply with that re- queft is the defign of this effay , which the writer ...
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... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , hiftory of Dr. Johnson , SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O.S. * His father Michael Johnfon , was a bookseller in that ...
... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , hiftory of Dr. Johnson , SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O.S. * His father Michael Johnfon , was a bookseller in that ...
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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.