The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland ... [and 39 others], 1787 - 602 oldal |
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... character of a scholar and a philofopher with that of a chriftian . rant . Juftified , as I truft , thus far in the opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that ...
... character of a scholar and a philofopher with that of a chriftian . rant . Juftified , as I truft , thus far in the opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that ...
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... character of his fon Samuel , to mention , that his political principles led him to favour the pretenfi- ons of the exiled family , and that though a very honest and fenfible man , he , like many others inhabiting the county of Stafford ...
... character of his fon Samuel , to mention , that his political principles led him to favour the pretenfi- ons of the exiled family , and that though a very honest and fenfible man , he , like many others inhabiting the county of Stafford ...
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... characters of a moralift , a philofopher , and a poet . The time of his continuance at Oxford is divifible into two periods ... character may be seen in the volume above cited , ber , 4 1 16 ber , 1729 , when , as DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 15.
... characters of a moralift , a philofopher , and a poet . The time of his continuance at Oxford is divifible into two periods ... character may be seen in the volume above cited , ber , 4 1 16 ber , 1729 , when , as DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 15.
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... character of the former of those perfons in his lives of the poets , of whom he thus speaks : C " He was remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he fo eafily collected . He ...
... character of the former of those perfons in his lives of the poets , of whom he thus speaks : C " He was remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he fo eafily collected . He ...
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... character : the order and discipline of a college life , the reading the best authors , the attendance on public exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent in- ftructions from the pulpit , with all the other means of religious ...
... character : the order and discipline of a college life , the reading the best authors , the attendance on public exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent in- ftructions from the pulpit , with all the other means of religious ...
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550. 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
484. oldal - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
198. oldal - For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
289. oldal - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
360. oldal - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
342. oldal - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
62. oldal - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
126. oldal - Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the purpose for which some gentlemen appear to speak, (that of depreciating the conduct of the...
347. oldal - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
492. oldal - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.