The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the AuthorB. Johnson, J. Johnson and R. Johnson, 1805 - 132 oldal |
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13. oldal
... lives of several eminent men ; an es- say on the account of the conduct of the Duke of Marlborough , then the pecular topic of conversation : and an advertisement for Osborne , concerning the • Bibliotheca Harleiana , or a Catalogue of ...
... lives of several eminent men ; an es- say on the account of the conduct of the Duke of Marlborough , then the pecular topic of conversation : and an advertisement for Osborne , concerning the • Bibliotheca Harleiana , or a Catalogue of ...
28. oldal
... splenetic prejudice equally unworthy of his head and heart . ' In 1763 , Mr. Boswell , from whose account the principal circumstances in these memoirs are taken , was introduced to our author , and continued to live 28 LIFE OF.
... splenetic prejudice equally unworthy of his head and heart . ' In 1763 , Mr. Boswell , from whose account the principal circumstances in these memoirs are taken , was introduced to our author , and continued to live 28 LIFE OF.
29. oldal
... live in great intimacy with him from that time till his death . Churchill in his Ghost , ' availed himself of the common opinion of Johnson's credulity , and drew a caricature of him under the name of Pomposo , re- presenting him as one ...
... live in great intimacy with him from that time till his death . Churchill in his Ghost , ' availed himself of the common opinion of Johnson's credulity , and drew a caricature of him under the name of Pomposo , re- presenting him as one ...
34. oldal
... Lives of the English Poets ; as a recompense for an undertaking as he thought not very tedious or dif- ficult , he bargained for two hundred guineas ; and was afterwards presented by the proprietors with one hundred pounds . In the ...
... Lives of the English Poets ; as a recompense for an undertaking as he thought not very tedious or dif- ficult , he bargained for two hundred guineas ; and was afterwards presented by the proprietors with one hundred pounds . In the ...
35. oldal
... lives of the English Poets formed a memorable era in Johnson's life . It is a work which has contributed to immortalize his name , and has se- cured that rational esteem , which party or partiality could not procure , and which even the ...
... lives of the English Poets formed a memorable era in Johnson's life . It is a work which has contributed to immortalize his name , and has se- cured that rational esteem , which party or partiality could not procure , and which even the ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold bless bosom breast breathe charms Circassia Collins death delight e'en ECLOGUE English language ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flowers foes Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine gold golden reign grace grief grove happy hear heart heaven honour hope hour Johnson Juvenal kings language light literary live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd lover lyre maid maze of fate merit Metastasio mind mirth moral mournful Murphy muse myrtle nature nature's night numbers Nymph o'er passions peaceful Pity plain pleasure poem poet poetical pow'r praise pride rage Rambler Rasselas reign Rio verde rise Samuel Johnson SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scenes scorn shade shews shine sighs sing Sir John Hawkins skies smile soft sooth soul spreads Spring Stella sweet thee thine thou thought Thrale toil truth vale verse virtue virtue's voice wealth wild wise writings youth
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22. 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...
21. oldal - 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.
67. oldal - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
19. oldal - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring ' Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
69. oldal - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
58. oldal - With every 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 dogdays, in December sweat. How, when competitors like these contend, Can surly Virtue hope to fix a friend...
58. oldal - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
80. oldal - Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
99. oldal - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
68. oldal - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th