History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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Página 88
... young gentlemen , at his devotion . These are surprising scenes ; but I beg leave to affirm , that the solemn operations of nature are sub- jects of contemplation , not of ridicule . Therefore I make it my earnest request to the merry ...
... young gentlemen , at his devotion . These are surprising scenes ; but I beg leave to affirm , that the solemn operations of nature are sub- jects of contemplation , not of ridicule . Therefore I make it my earnest request to the merry ...
Página 103
... young lady , to whom the poem is dedicated . She also took up the character of Belinda with much frankness and good humour , though the author has given us a hint , in his dedication * , that he meant something farther . This lady is ...
... young lady , to whom the poem is dedicated . She also took up the character of Belinda with much frankness and good humour , though the author has given us a hint , in his dedication * , that he meant something farther . This lady is ...
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... young master the esquire , who shall one " day be lord of this manor . " Notwithstanding which , it was my good hap to acquit myself to the good liking of the whole congregation ; but the Lord forbid I should glory therein . [ The next ...
... young master the esquire , who shall one " day be lord of this manor . " Notwithstanding which , it was my good hap to acquit myself to the good liking of the whole congregation ; but the Lord forbid I should glory therein . [ The next ...
Página 126
... young men and maidens to tune their voices as it were a psaltery , and the church on the Sunday was filled with these new hallelujahs . [ Then follow full seventy chapters , containing an exact detail of the lawsuits of the parson and ...
... young men and maidens to tune their voices as it were a psaltery , and the church on the Sunday was filled with these new hallelujahs . [ Then follow full seventy chapters , containing an exact detail of the lawsuits of the parson and ...
Página 127
... admitted to all the feasts and banquets of the church officers , and the speeches he there made for the good of the parish . How he gave hints to young clergy- men men to preach ; but above all , how he CLERK OF THIS PARISH . 127.
... admitted to all the feasts and banquets of the church officers , and the speeches he there made for the good of the parish . How he gave hints to young clergy- men men to preach ; but above all , how he CLERK OF THIS PARISH . 127.
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Página 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 419 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Página 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Página 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Página 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Página 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Página 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...