The works of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötet1824 |
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23. oldal
... causes of the inundations of the Nile , Lobo observes , that many an idle hypothesis has been framed . Some theorists ascribe it to the high winds , that stop the current , and force the water above its banks . Others pretend a ...
... causes of the inundations of the Nile , Lobo observes , that many an idle hypothesis has been framed . Some theorists ascribe it to the high winds , that stop the current , and force the water above its banks . Others pretend a ...
24. oldal
... cause of these inundations , so great and so regular . By them we are informed , that Abyssinia , where the Nile rises , is full of mountains , and , in its natural situation , is much higher than Ægypt ; that in the winter , from June ...
... cause of these inundations , so great and so regular . By them we are informed , that Abyssinia , where the Nile rises , is full of mountains , and , in its natural situation , is much higher than Ægypt ; that in the winter , from June ...
38. oldal
... cause of religion ; and with him he was willing to join against the system of the Fatalists , and the doctrine of Leibnitz . It is well known that Warburton wrote a vindication of Mr. Pope ; but there 38 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... cause of religion ; and with him he was willing to join against the system of the Fatalists , and the doctrine of Leibnitz . It is well known that Warburton wrote a vindication of Mr. Pope ; but there 38 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
40. oldal
... caused diligent search to be made at the proper offices , and no trace of such a pro- ceeding could be found . In the same year ( 1739 ) the Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called Gustavus Vasa , by Henry ...
... caused diligent search to be made at the proper offices , and no trace of such a pro- ceeding could be found . In the same year ( 1739 ) the Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called Gustavus Vasa , by Henry ...
57. oldal
... the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth . " The whole number of Essays GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 57.
... the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth . " The whole number of Essays GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 57.
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27. oldal - 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; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
76. oldal - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
21. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
74. oldal - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
57. oldal - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
122. oldal - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
45. oldal - To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer : 'Then, Sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing.' The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. 'That is not quite true,' said Johnson: 'I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took, care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the...
75. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
4. oldal - There none are swept by sudden fate away, But all whom hunger spares with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, 15 And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
21. oldal - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gained', he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.