The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, 4. kötet1807 |
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50. oldal
... collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be concluded , that he was not agreeable in social intercourse ; for Johnson has been heard to say , that " the happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly ...
... collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be concluded , that he was not agreeable in social intercourse ; for Johnson has been heard to say , that " the happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly ...
60. oldal
... Collection ; and a Prayer composed by him on her death may be found in his " Prayers and Meditations . " His affection for her induced him to preserve and bind up in a volume thirty three of her Letters , which were pur- chased from the ...
... Collection ; and a Prayer composed by him on her death may be found in his " Prayers and Meditations . " His affection for her induced him to preserve and bind up in a volume thirty three of her Letters , which were pur- chased from the ...
66. oldal
... collection of Johnson's Works . should it be objected , that many of my various read- ings are inconsiderable , those who make an objection will be pleased to consider , that such small particulars are intended for those who are nicely ...
... collection of Johnson's Works . should it be objected , that many of my various read- ings are inconsiderable , those who make an objection will be pleased to consider , that such small particulars are intended for those who are nicely ...
67. oldal
... collection is the property of the Duke of Newcastle , who upon the application of Sir Lucas Pepys , was pleased to permit it to be put into the hands of Dr. Johnson , who I am sorry to think made but an awkward re- turn . " Great ...
... collection is the property of the Duke of Newcastle , who upon the application of Sir Lucas Pepys , was pleased to permit it to be put into the hands of Dr. Johnson , who I am sorry to think made but an awkward re- turn . " Great ...
90. oldal
... collected by me . " I must put you right , Sir , ( said I ; ) for I am very exact in authenticity . You could not see folio volumes , for I have none : you might have seen some in quarto and octavo . This is an inattention which one ...
... collected by me . " I must put you right , Sir , ( said I ; ) for I am very exact in authenticity . You could not see folio volumes , for I have none : you might have seen some in quarto and octavo . This is an inattention which one ...
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436. 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 stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
326. oldal - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
111. 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.
149. 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.
111. oldal - ... similitude: sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, .in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
45. oldal - ... felt; and produced sentiments not such as Nature enforces, but meditation supplies. With the simple and elemental passions as they spring separate in the mind, he seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.
111. oldal - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, such as reason teacheth and proveth things by, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
31. oldal - Depend upon it, said he, that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
202. oldal - It having been argued that this was an improvement.—" No, Sir," said he, eagerly, " it is not an improvement: they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
468. oldal - ... yet such an excessive humility, as if he had known nothing, that they frequently resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation.