The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son [and 35 others in London], 1787 - 602 Seiten |
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... The original inventor thereof was one Mr. Dockwra , a citi- zen of fuch eminence , that he stood for the office of Chamberlain , against Sir Wm . Fazakerley . the the fpeeches in both houses , on the debate on 30 OF THE LIFE.
... The original inventor thereof was one Mr. Dockwra , a citi- zen of fuch eminence , that he stood for the office of Chamberlain , against Sir Wm . Fazakerley . the the fpeeches in both houses , on the debate on 30 OF THE LIFE.
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... against a certain hour iffued orders for the nobility and leaders of his army to attend him in the great hall of his palace . When they were all affembled , himself appeared with great pomp and magnificence , leading his late captive ...
... against a certain hour iffued orders for the nobility and leaders of his army to attend him in the great hall of his palace . When they were all affembled , himself appeared with great pomp and magnificence , leading his late captive ...
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... against Le Courayer's undertak- ing , with this disadvantage , that the French had ⚫ a verfion by one of their beft tranflators , whereas . you cannot read three pages of the English history ⚫ 5 you 44 THE LIFE OF It has been before ...
... against Le Courayer's undertak- ing , with this disadvantage , that the French had ⚫ a verfion by one of their beft tranflators , whereas . you cannot read three pages of the English history ⚫ 5 you 44 THE LIFE OF It has been before ...
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... against the poffeffors of wealth , in a collection of poems printed about the year 1727 , and Johnson was ripe for an avowal of the fame fentiments : they seemed both to agree in the vulgar opinion , that the world is divided into two ...
... against the poffeffors of wealth , in a collection of poems printed about the year 1727 , and Johnson was ripe for an avowal of the fame fentiments : they seemed both to agree in the vulgar opinion , that the world is divided into two ...
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... against human liberty in oppofi- tion to what is called Neceffity , than he was able to gather from the controverfy between Anthony Collins and his opponents , or that between Dr. Clarke and Leibnitz . He was therefore unable to defend ...
... against human liberty in oppofi- tion to what is called Neceffity , than he was able to gather from the controverfy between Anthony Collins and his opponents , or that between Dr. Clarke and Leibnitz . He was therefore unable to defend ...
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Seite 558 - 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.
Seite 153 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Seite 491 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Seite 196 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Seite 34 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance.' I knew him very early : he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt.
Seite 184 - Give yourself to be merry, for you degenerate from your Father if you find not yourself most able in wit and body to do any thing when you be most merry: but let your mirth be ever void of all scurrility and biting words to any man, for a wound given by a word is oftentimes harder to be cured than that which is given with the sword.
Seite 60 - They highly extol the man's learning and probity ; and will not be persuaded, that the university will make any difficulty of conferring such a favour upon a stranger, if he is recommended by the dean.
Seite 433 - 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.
Seite 168 - As to all those things which have been published under the titles of Essays, Remarks, Observations, &c. on Shakspeare, if you except some Critical Notes on Macbeth, given as a specimen of a projected edition, and written, as appears, by a man of parts and genius, the rest are absolutely below a serious notice.
Seite 195 - Perhaps if skill could distant times explore, New Behns, new Durfeys, yet remain in store; Perhaps where Lear has rav'd, and Hamlet died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance.