The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, 1. kötet1821 |
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... Poem , " in the London Chronicle . acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a Poem , in the Critical Review , acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes xxxii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
... Poem , " in the London Chronicle . acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a Poem , in the Critical Review , acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes xxxii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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... Poets . ac- knowl . Argument on the Importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an Election ... Poems published by Mr. James Mac- pherson as Translations from Ossian . intern . evid . 1784. List of the Authours of the ...
... Poets . ac- knowl . Argument on the Importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an Election ... Poems published by Mr. James Mac- pherson as Translations from Ossian . intern . evid . 1784. List of the Authours of the ...
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... Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscel- lany Johnson's translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics : " Ex alieno ingenio poëta ...
... Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscel- lany Johnson's translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics : " Ex alieno ingenio poëta ...
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... poem to an end ; that he read Shak- speare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before ...
... poem to an end ; that he read Shak- speare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before ...
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... poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , “ Sir , we are a nest of singing birds . " He was not , however , blind to what he thought the defects of his own College : and I have , from the in- formation of Dr. Taylor , a very ...
... poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , “ Sir , we are a nest of singing birds . " He was not , however , blind to what he thought the defects of his own College : and I have , from the in- formation of Dr. Taylor , a very ...
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177. oldal - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
206. oldal - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
152. oldal - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
103. oldal - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
210. oldal - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
157. oldal - a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
49. oldal - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
65. oldal - Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance, with swelled cheeks, of a florid red, produced by thick painting, and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastic in her dress, and affected both in her speech and her general behaviour.
40. oldal - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
44. oldal - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.