The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's LifeDavid Allinson, 1816 - 140 oldal |
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... eye , and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visi ble : he also wore his hair , which was straight and stiff , and separated behind ; and he had seem- ingly convulsive starts and odd gesticulations , which tended at once to excite ...
... eye , and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visi ble : he also wore his hair , which was straight and stiff , and separated behind ; and he had seem- ingly convulsive starts and odd gesticulations , which tended at once to excite ...
8. oldal
... eye of her husband she was extremely beautiful ; for in her epitaph he has recorded her as such , and given many instances in his writings of a sincere and permanent affection . With the property he acquired with his wife , which is ...
... eye of her husband she was extremely beautiful ; for in her epitaph he has recorded her as such , and given many instances in his writings of a sincere and permanent affection . With the property he acquired with his wife , which is ...
44. oldal
... eye , yet so much does the mind govern , and even supply the deficiency of organs , that his visual perceptions , as far as they extended , were uncommonly quick and accurate : 1 so morbid was his temperament , that he never enjoyed ...
... eye , yet so much does the mind govern , and even supply the deficiency of organs , that his visual perceptions , as far as they extended , were uncommonly quick and accurate : 1 so morbid was his temperament , that he never enjoyed ...
59. oldal
... eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift expires a driv❜ller and a show . " He has preserved all the beauties of the origi nal moral of the Roman poet ; but stripped it , with infinite art , from all appearance of Epicure- an ...
... eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift expires a driv❜ller and a show . " He has preserved all the beauties of the origi nal moral of the Roman poet ; but stripped it , with infinite art , from all appearance of Epicure- an ...
64. oldal
... eyes the neighbouring town : Since worth , he cries , in these degenerate days , Wants even the cheap reward of empty praise ; In those curs❜d walls , devote to vice and gain , Since unrewarded science toils in vain ; Since hope but ...
... eyes the neighbouring town : Since worth , he cries , in these degenerate days , Wants even the cheap reward of empty praise ; In those curs❜d walls , devote to vice and gain , Since unrewarded science toils in vain ; Since hope but ...
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25. 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.
24. oldal - When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
87. oldal - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
64. oldal - On Thames's banks in silent thought we stood, Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood; Struck with the seat that gave Eliza birth, We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth; In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view: Behold her cross triumphant on the main, The guard of commerce and the dread of Spain, Ere masquerades debauch'd, excise oppress'd, Or English honour grew a standing jest.
74. oldal - observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
118. oldal - Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is Strange, yet nothing new: Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong; Phrase that Time has flung away; Uncouth words in disarray, Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
68. oldal - With ev'ry wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dog-days, in December sweat. * How, when competitors, like these, contend, Can surly virtue hope to fix a friend...
109. oldal - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die.
82. oldal - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
24. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...