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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... thought him- felf under a neceffity of declining them , from an ap- prehenfion that thofe convulfive motions to which Johnson through life was fubject , might render him an object of imitation , and poffibly of ridicule , with his ...
... thought him- felf under a neceffity of declining them , from an ap- prehenfion that thofe convulfive motions to which Johnson through life was fubject , might render him an object of imitation , and poffibly of ridicule , with his ...
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... thought fit to lay hands on and prefent to him , was one , named Irene , a Greek , of incomparable beauty and fuch rare per¬ fection of body and mind , that the emperor becoming enamoured of her , neglected the care of his govern- ment ...
... thought fit to lay hands on and prefent to him , was one , named Irene , a Greek , of incomparable beauty and fuch rare per¬ fection of body and mind , that the emperor becoming enamoured of her , neglected the care of his govern- ment ...
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... thought proper to discover himself , and in his real name to communicate to Cave a project which he had form- ed , and which the following letter will explain : < SIR , Greenwich , next door to the Golden - Heart , Church - street ...
... thought proper to discover himself , and in his real name to communicate to Cave a project which he had form- ed , and which the following letter will explain : < SIR , Greenwich , next door to the Golden - Heart , Church - street ...
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... thought Paftora a better , and fo printed it . He was fo incompetent a judge of Johnfon's abili- ties , that , meaning at one time to dazzle him with the fplendor of fome of thofe luminaries in literature who favoured him with their ...
... thought Paftora a better , and fo printed it . He was fo incompetent a judge of Johnfon's abili- ties , that , meaning at one time to dazzle him with the fplendor of fome of thofe luminaries in literature who favoured him with their ...
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... operation to anfwer 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 , or the 50 THE LIFE OF.
... operation to anfwer 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 , or the 50 THE LIFE OF.
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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.