The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... occafion of one fuch imposition , he said to Jor- dan , Sir , you have fconced me two - pence for non- ⚫ attendance at a lecture not worth a penny . ' Whether it was this difcouragement in the outfet of their studies , or any other ...
... occafion of one fuch imposition , he said to Jor- dan , Sir , you have fconced me two - pence for non- ⚫ attendance at a lecture not worth a penny . ' Whether it was this difcouragement in the outfet of their studies , or any other ...
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... occafions and conjunctures , nay , to the interests , paffions and prejudices , and even hu- mours of mankind , has yet fome illuftrious examples , at least in our times , to ... occafion to fpeak . to Cave , on this DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 27.
... occafions and conjunctures , nay , to the interests , paffions and prejudices , and even hu- mours of mankind , has yet fome illuftrious examples , at least in our times , to ... occafion to fpeak . to Cave , on this DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 27.
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Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. frequent occafion to fpeak . to Cave , on this occafion , is given as a literary curiofity : • SIR , The letter of Johnfon yet extant , and is here Nov. 25 , 1734 . As you appear no lefs fenfible than your ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. frequent occafion to fpeak . to Cave , on this occafion , is given as a literary curiofity : • SIR , The letter of Johnfon yet extant , and is here Nov. 25 , 1734 . As you appear no lefs fenfible than your ...
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... occafion --- At Edial , near Lichfield , in Staffordshire , young gentlemen are boarded , and taught the Latin and Greek languages by SAMUEL JOHNSON . ' Vide Gent . Mag . for 1736 , Page 418 . By By means of a paper which I have now ...
... occafion --- At Edial , near Lichfield , in Staffordshire , young gentlemen are boarded , and taught the Latin and Greek languages by SAMUEL JOHNSON . ' Vide Gent . Mag . for 1736 , Page 418 . By By means of a paper which I have now ...
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... occafion to fay , he was likely to become a fine tragedy - writer . He chose for his story an action related by Knolles in his hiftory above - mentioned with all the powers of the most affecting eloquence : to give it at large would be ...
... occafion to fay , he was likely to become a fine tragedy - writer . He chose for his story an action related by Knolles in his hiftory above - mentioned with all the powers of the most affecting eloquence : to give it at large would be ...
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Страница 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Страница 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Страница 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Страница 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Страница 438 - 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.
Страница 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Страница 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Страница 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Страница 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Страница 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.