The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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44. oldal
... the following design , which , I hope , if you join in it , will be of advantage to
both of ( us . « The history of the Council of Trent , having been lately translated
into French , and published ( with large notes by Dr . Le Courayer , the reputa<
tion ...
... the following design , which , I hope , if you join in it , will be of advantage to
both of ( us . « The history of the Council of Trent , having been lately translated
into French , and published ( with large notes by Dr . Le Courayer , the reputa<
tion ...
58. oldal
... any person than from you , who have so much distinguished yourself by your
generous encouragement of poetry , and whose . judgment of that art , nothing
but your commenda' ' tion of my trifle can give me any occasion to call . in
question .
... any person than from you , who have so much distinguished yourself by your
generous encouragement of poetry , and whose . judgment of that art , nothing
but your commenda' ' tion of my trifle can give me any occasion to call . in
question .
391. oldal
... who in one of his Spectators has very incautiously given countenance thereto ,
and put into the mouths not only of such clergymen as are minus idonei , but of
such as , contrary to their Cc4 engagement tion of justice , that having been paid
...
... who in one of his Spectators has very incautiously given countenance thereto ,
and put into the mouths not only of such clergymen as are minus idonei , but of
such as , contrary to their Cc4 engagement tion of justice , that having been paid
...
454. oldal
... Very late in his life he formed a resolution to read the bible through , wliich he
confeffed to me he had never done ; at the same time la . menting , that he had so
long neglected to peruse , what he called the charter of his salvation . tion 6 tion ...
... Very late in his life he formed a resolution to read the bible through , wliich he
confeffed to me he had never done ; at the same time la . menting , that he had so
long neglected to peruse , what he called the charter of his salvation . tion 6 tion ...
601. oldal
... and pretended that he could bring a woman to swear that there was nothing
due ; and , upon my telling him , that I should , notwithstanding , pay the bill , he
said , he saw there was no good intended for him , and in anger left me . tion Rr
tion ...
... and pretended that he could bring a woman to swear that there was nothing
due ; and , upon my telling him , that I should , notwithstanding , pay the bill , he
said , he saw there was no good intended for him , and in anger left me . tion Rr
tion ...
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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.