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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... published his London , a Poem ; ' written in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . It has been generally said , that he of- fered it to several booksellers , none of whom would purchase it ; -Mr . Cave at length commu- nicated it ...
... published his London , a Poem ; ' written in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . It has been generally said , that he of- fered it to several booksellers , none of whom would purchase it ; -Mr . Cave at length commu- nicated it ...
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... published a pamphlet entitled , Marmor Nor- folcience by Probus Britannicus ; in which he in- veighed against the Brunswick succession , and the measures of government consequent upon it , with the most intemperate zeal and pointed sar ...
... published a pamphlet entitled , Marmor Nor- folcience by Probus Britannicus ; in which he in- veighed against the Brunswick succession , and the measures of government consequent upon it , with the most intemperate zeal and pointed sar ...
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... published afterwards another poem in Latin , with notes , the whole very humorous , called the Nor- folk Prophecy ? ' At the close of the year 1739 , the friends of Savage commiserating his case , raised a subscrip- tion to enable that ...
... published afterwards another poem in Latin , with notes , the whole very humorous , called the Nor- folk Prophecy ? ' At the close of the year 1739 , the friends of Savage commiserating his case , raised a subscrip- tion to enable that ...
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... published , than the following liberal commenda- tion was given of it by Fielding in the ' Champion , ' which was copied in the " Gentleman's Magazine ' for April , and confirmed by the approbation of the 2 DR . JOHNSON . 15 .
... published , than the following liberal commenda- tion was given of it by Fielding in the ' Champion , ' which was copied in the " Gentleman's Magazine ' for April , and confirmed by the approbation of the 2 DR . JOHNSON . 15 .
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... of Shakespeare ; but in this he was anticipated by Warburton , of whose competency for the under- taking the publick had then a very high opinion . The preparatory pamphlet however , which John- son had published 16 LIFE OF.
... of Shakespeare ; but in this he was anticipated by Warburton , of whose competency for the under- taking the publick had then a very high opinion . The preparatory pamphlet however , which John- son had published 16 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...