The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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viii. oldal
... given or forgotten , and that the remembrance of bis virtues , and a reverence for the wonderful endowments of his mind , and his zeal in the em- ployment of them to the best purposes , will be co- eval with thofe excellent leffons of ...
... given or forgotten , and that the remembrance of bis virtues , and a reverence for the wonderful endowments of his mind , and his zeal in the em- ployment of them to the best purposes , will be co- eval with thofe excellent leffons of ...
1. oldal
... given a fanction to biographical hiftory , and concurred to recommend that precept of the wife fon of Sirach , in which we are exhorted to praise famous men , fuch as by their counfels and by their knowledge of learning were meet for ...
... given a fanction to biographical hiftory , and concurred to recommend that precept of the wife fon of Sirach , in which we are exhorted to praise famous men , fuch as by their counfels and by their knowledge of learning were meet for ...
18. oldal
... given fervitude its fanction . The feudal fyftem of government throughout Europe had fo arranged the feveral orders of fubjects , that the lower were uni- formly dependent on the higher ; and in the history of the peerage of our own ...
... given fervitude its fanction . The feudal fyftem of government throughout Europe had fo arranged the feveral orders of fubjects , that the lower were uni- formly dependent on the higher ; and in the history of the peerage of our own ...
28. oldal
... given as a literary curiofity : • SIR , The letter of Johnfon yet extant , and is here Nov. 25 , 1734 . As you appear no lefs fenfible than your readers , of the defect of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in ...
... given as a literary curiofity : • SIR , The letter of Johnfon yet extant , and is here Nov. 25 , 1734 . As you appear no lefs fenfible than your readers , of the defect of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in ...
34. oldal
... given in the life of Edmund Smith : - 1 < 4 Of Gilbert Walmifley , thus prefented to my mind , let me indulge myfelf in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the firft friends that literature procured me ; and , I hope ...
... given in the life of Edmund Smith : - 1 < 4 Of Gilbert Walmifley , thus prefented to my mind , let me indulge myfelf in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the firft friends that literature procured me ; and , I hope ...
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350. 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.
127. oldal - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
490. oldal - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
521. oldal - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
438. oldal - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
363. 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.
186. oldal - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
198. oldal - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
292. 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...
287. oldal - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.