The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland, 1787 |
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6. oldal
... history . When he was about three years old , his mother had a brood of eleven ducklings , which the permitted him to call his own . It hap- pened that in playing about he trod on and killed one of them , upon which running to his ...
... history . When he was about three years old , his mother had a brood of eleven ducklings , which the permitted him to call his own . It hap- pened that in playing about he trod on and killed one of them , upon which running to his ...
18. oldal
... - formly dependent on the higher ; and in the history of the peerage of our own country , we find the retinues of the higher nobility made up of the fons and daugh- ters ters of those of the lower : Wolfey had in 18 THE LIFE OF.
... - formly dependent on the higher ; and in the history of the peerage of our own country , we find the retinues of the higher nobility made up of the fons and daugh- ters ters of those of the lower : Wolfey had in 18 THE LIFE OF.
29. oldal
... historical and memorable diurnal events of the paffing times , have alfo been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 ...
... historical and memorable diurnal events of the paffing times , have alfo been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 ...
30. oldal
... Historical Regifter , containing , an impartial relation of all tranf- actions foreign and domeftic , by a body of men , from whom few would have expected any thing of the kind . In fhort , the editors of the Historical Register , were ...
... Historical Regifter , containing , an impartial relation of all tranf- actions foreign and domeftic , by a body of men , from whom few would have expected any thing of the kind . In fhort , the editors of the Historical Register , were ...
31. oldal
... historical fact will explain them : During the ufurpation , a prodigious number of feditious and libellous pamphlets and papers , tending to exafperate the peo- ple , and encrease the confusion in which the nation was involved , were ...
... historical fact will explain them : During the ufurpation , a prodigious number of feditious and libellous pamphlets and papers , tending to exafperate the peo- ple , and encrease the confusion in which the nation was involved , were ...
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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.