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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... learning , and cultivated taste , towards producing valuable poetry , without a truly poetical genius ; is afforded by several pieces in verse of the celebrated Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , whose great name in lite . rature has been acquired by ...
... learning , and cultivated taste , towards producing valuable poetry , without a truly poetical genius ; is afforded by several pieces in verse of the celebrated Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , whose great name in lite . rature has been acquired by ...
8. oldal
... learning at the free school of his native city , under the tuition of Mr. Hunter , and having afterwards resided some time at the house of his cousin Cornelius Ford , who assisted him in the classicks , he was by his advice , at the age ...
... learning at the free school of his native city , under the tuition of Mr. Hunter , and having afterwards resided some time at the house of his cousin Cornelius Ford , who assisted him in the classicks , he was by his advice , at the age ...
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... learning , I shall not be disappointed though I should con- clude it , if less be possible , with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exul- tation . My Lord , your's ...
... learning , I shall not be disappointed though I should con- clude it , if less be possible , with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exul- tation . My Lord , your's ...
46. oldal
... learning and philosophy could never overcome , he was a zealous high- churchman : in his political sentiments a rank tory ; and , till his present Majesty's accession to the throne , a violent jacobite : his attachment to the University ...
... learning and philosophy could never overcome , he was a zealous high- churchman : in his political sentiments a rank tory ; and , till his present Majesty's accession to the throne , a violent jacobite : his attachment to the University ...
48. oldal
... to his Dictionary of the English language , as its utility is universally acknowledged , and its popularity its best eulogium ; the etymologies however , though they exhibit learning and judgment , are not in 48 LIFE OF.
... to his Dictionary of the English language , as its utility is universally acknowledged , and its popularity its best eulogium ; the etymologies however , though they exhibit learning and judgment , are not in 48 LIFE OF.
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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...