The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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42. oldal
... opinion , he would convince them that his actions were in his own power , and that he was yet mafter of himself . And having fo faid , ' fays my author , prefently with one of his hands catching the fair Greek by the hair of the head ...
... opinion , he would convince them that his actions were in his own power , and that he was yet mafter of himself . And having fo faid , ' fays my author , prefently with one of his hands catching the fair Greek by the hair of the head ...
48. oldal
... opinion of it . I remember that , calling in on him Magazine . His fignature was fometimes Telarius , at others Ve- daftus . He was a modeft , ingenious , and fober young man ; but a consumption defeated the hopes of his friends , and ...
... opinion of it . I remember that , calling in on him Magazine . His fignature was fometimes Telarius , at others Ve- daftus . He was a modeft , ingenious , and fober young man ; but a consumption defeated the hopes of his friends , and ...
50. oldal
... opinion , too flow in their operation to answer his purpofe ; and , he rather chofe to difplay his parts to all the world , at the rifque of being thought arrogant , than to wait for the affiftance • of of fuch friends as he could make ...
... opinion , too flow in their operation to answer his purpofe ; and , he rather chofe to difplay his parts to all the world , at the rifque of being thought arrogant , than to wait for the affiftance • of of fuch friends as he could make ...
53. oldal
... opinion , that the world is divided into two claffes , of men of merit with- out riches , and men of wealth without merit ; never confidering the poffibility that both might concenter in the fame perfon , just as when , in the ...
... opinion , that the world is divided into two claffes , of men of merit with- out riches , and men of wealth without merit ; never confidering the poffibility that both might concenter in the fame perfon , just as when , in the ...
65. oldal
... opinions were folid , and his religion pure . His in- ' ceffant vigilance for the promotion of piety difpofed him to look with diftrust upon all metaphyfical fyf- ' tems of Theology , and all schemes of virtue and hap- piness purely ...
... opinions were folid , and his religion pure . His in- ' ceffant vigilance for the promotion of piety difpofed him to look with diftrust upon all metaphyfical fyf- ' tems of Theology , and all schemes of virtue and hap- piness purely ...
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349. 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.
265. oldal - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
519. oldal - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
127. oldal - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
344. oldal - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
155. oldal - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
190. oldal - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
555. 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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
62. oldal - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
584. oldal - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.