The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, 4. kötet1851 |
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14. oldal
... Wonder . I came full upon him , and I believe he was not pleased . ' 6 6 " Once he asked Tom Davies , whom he saw drest in a fine suit of clothes , And what art thou to - night ? ' Tom answered , The Thane of Ross ; ' ( which it will be ...
... Wonder . I came full upon him , and I believe he was not pleased . ' 6 6 " Once he asked Tom Davies , whom he saw drest in a fine suit of clothes , And what art thou to - night ? ' Tom answered , The Thane of Ross ; ' ( which it will be ...
32. oldal
... wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition . He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller , who could impress with " Love at first sight : " " Some other nymphs with colours faint , And pencil slow ...
... wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition . He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller , who could impress with " Love at first sight : " " Some other nymphs with colours faint , And pencil slow ...
40. oldal
... wonder at them , are not rare . If I am rightly informed , after a careful inquiry , they never met but once , which was at the house of Mrs. French , in London , well known for her elegant assem- blies , and bringing eminent characters ...
... wonder at them , are not rare . If I am rightly informed , after a careful inquiry , they never met but once , which was at the house of Mrs. French , in London , well known for her elegant assem- blies , and bringing eminent characters ...
43. oldal
... wonder that Johnson omitted to insert an 1 The late Mr. Burke informed me , in 1792 , that Lady Dorothea Primrose ( who died at a great age , I think in 1768 , and had been well acquainted with Steele ) told him the same story ...
... wonder that Johnson omitted to insert an 1 The late Mr. Burke informed me , in 1792 , that Lady Dorothea Primrose ( who died at a great age , I think in 1768 , and had been well acquainted with Steele ) told him the same story ...
60. oldal
... wonder that many missed it . " The general course of his life was determined by his profession ; he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the Psalms ' give sufficient ...
... wonder that many missed it . " The general course of his life was determined by his profession ; he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the Psalms ' give sufficient ...
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70. oldal - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
101. 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.
270. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
77. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
35. oldal - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One...
100. oldal - His ready help was ever nigh, Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retir'd to die.
186. oldal - There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
77. oldal - ... some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
33. oldal - Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
122. oldal - On Mincio's banks, in Caesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the Golden Age again, Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where Fancy, leads the way? Yes, thus the Muses sing of happy swains, Because the Muses never knew their pains: They boast their peasants...