The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... fair and upright character . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die , quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit precor ) de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scilicet libras , accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea for- tuna ...
... fair and upright character . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die , quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit precor ) de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scilicet libras , accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea for- tuna ...
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... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in January 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and awaken the public ...
... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in January 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and awaken the public ...
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... fair copy . Whatever may be the logic or eloquence of The False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whether they have not left materials for a future controversy , may be made a GENIUS ...
... fair copy . Whatever may be the logic or eloquence of The False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whether they have not left materials for a future controversy , may be made a GENIUS ...
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... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he may have been surprised by modes of life , and appearances of nature , that are familiar to men of wider survey , and more varied conversa- tion . Novelty ...
... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he may have been surprised by modes of life , and appearances of nature , that are familiar to men of wider survey , and more varied conversa- tion . Novelty ...
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... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was in- tended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Lichfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was in- tended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Lichfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
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Страница 115 - 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.
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Страница 150 - The liv'r.it£i army, and the menial lord. With age, with cares, with maladies, oppress'd, He seeks the refuge of monastic rest. Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.
Страница 28 - The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Страница 151 - Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter...
Страница 156 - 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; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and...
Страница 36 - ... 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 158 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.