The Works of Samuel Johnson, Том 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
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... mind ; and with what success , we leave to every candid reader to pronounce . In conclusion , we would express a hope that we shall not inaptly commence a series of OXFORD ENGLISH CLASSICS with the works of one whose writings have so ...
... mind ; and with what success , we leave to every candid reader to pronounce . In conclusion , we would express a hope that we shall not inaptly commence a series of OXFORD ENGLISH CLASSICS with the works of one whose writings have so ...
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... , early symp- toms of that wandering disposition of mind , which adhered to him to the end of his life . His reading was by fits and starts , undi- rected to any particular science . General philology , agreeably GENIUS OF DR , JOHNSON .
... , early symp- toms of that wandering disposition of mind , which adhered to him to the end of his life . His reading was by fits and starts , undi- rected to any particular science . General philology , agreeably GENIUS OF DR , JOHNSON .
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... mind , peculiarly formed by nature for the different vocations to which each of them felt himself inclined . They acted from the impulse of young minds , even then meditating great things , and with cou- rage anticipating success ...
... mind , peculiarly formed by nature for the different vocations to which each of them felt himself inclined . They acted from the impulse of young minds , even then meditating great things , and with cou- rage anticipating success ...
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... mind like Johnson's , seasoned early with religion , and the principles of moral rectitude . His first prayer was composed in the year 1738. He had not , at that time , renounced the use of wine ; and , no doubt , occasionally enjoyed ...
... mind like Johnson's , seasoned early with religion , and the principles of moral rectitude . His first prayer was composed in the year 1738. He had not , at that time , renounced the use of wine ; and , no doubt , occasionally enjoyed ...
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... mind like his , was not easily eradicated . His letter to Cave on this subject is still extant , and may well justify sir John Hawkins , who inferred that Johnson was the translator of Crousaz . The conclusion of the letter is ...
... mind like his , was not easily eradicated . His letter to Cave on this subject is still extant , and may well justify sir John Hawkins , who inferred that Johnson was the translator of Crousaz . The conclusion of the letter is ...
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Страница xxvi - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
Страница lxvii - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Страница 5 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th
Страница 10 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear.
Страница xlvi - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Страница 255 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Страница 7 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Страница xviii - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Страница 187 - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Страница 8 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.