The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec hiftoria debet egredi ve- ritatem , et honefte factis veritas fufficit . This rule the present biographer promises shall guide his pen ...
... never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec hiftoria debet egredi ve- ritatem , et honefte factis veritas fufficit . This rule the present biographer promises shall guide his pen ...
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... never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix ; his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be related worthy of notice ...
... never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix ; his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be related worthy of notice ...
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... never wished for ; while the man of general " knowledge can often benefit , and always pleafe . " The advice Johnfon feems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always defultory , feldom resting on any particular ...
... never wished for ; while the man of general " knowledge can often benefit , and always pleafe . " The advice Johnfon feems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always defultory , feldom resting on any particular ...
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... never fpeak ill " of any one ' ? ” On Johnson's return from Cornelius Ford , Mr. Hunter , then master of the Free - fchool at Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were ...
... never fpeak ill " of any one ' ? ” On Johnson's return from Cornelius Ford , Mr. Hunter , then master of the Free - fchool at Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were ...
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... never met with in the fame region . Lobo never faw fnow in Abyffinia , except on Mount SEMEN in the kingdom of TIGRE , very remote from the Nile ; and on NA- MARA , which is , indeed , not far diftant , but where there never falls fnow ...
... never met with in the fame region . Lobo never faw fnow in Abyffinia , except on Mount SEMEN in the kingdom of TIGRE , very remote from the Nile ; and on NA- MARA , which is , indeed , not far diftant , but where there never falls fnow ...
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Página 75 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página 77 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 21 - 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 77 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Página 77 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Página 57 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by 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.
Página 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
Página 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
Página 22 - 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.
Página 29 - 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.