The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 páginas |
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... exercises he could not bear to hear commended ; and whenever he declaimed or difputed in the hall , Johnfon would retire to the farthest corner thereof , that he might be out of the reach of his voice . In this course of learning , his ...
... exercises he could not bear to hear commended ; and whenever he declaimed or difputed in the hall , Johnfon would retire to the farthest corner thereof , that he might be out of the reach of his voice . In this course of learning , his ...
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... exercise , the task of tranflating into Latin verfe the Meffiah of Mr. Pope , which being fhewn to the author of the original , by a fon of Dr. Arbuthnot , then a gentleman - commoner of Chrift - church , and brother of the late Mr ...
... exercise , the task of tranflating into Latin verfe the Meffiah of Mr. Pope , which being fhewn to the author of the original , by a fon of Dr. Arbuthnot , then a gentleman - commoner of Chrift - church , and brother of the late Mr ...
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... exercises of the place : his fortunes and circumstances had determined him to no particular course of study , and were fuch as feemed to exclude him from every one of the learned profeffions . He , more than once , fignified to a friend ...
... exercises of the place : his fortunes and circumstances had determined him to no particular course of study , and were fuch as feemed to exclude him from every one of the learned profeffions . He , more than once , fignified to a friend ...
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... exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent inftructions from the pulpit , with all the other means of religious and moral improvement , had their proper effect ; and though they left his natural temper much as they found it ...
... exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent inftructions from the pulpit , with all the other means of religious and moral improvement , had their proper effect ; and though they left his natural temper much as they found it ...
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... exercise during nine years that they remained in Abyffinia . Their fuccefs was various and fluctuating ; fometimes it gave them ground to hope that all would be con- verted , verted , and fometimes their patrons and profelytes became ...
... exercise during nine years that they remained in Abyffinia . Their fuccefs was various and fluctuating ; fometimes it gave them ground to hope that all would be con- verted , verted , and fometimes their patrons and profelytes became ...
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Página 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.
Página 299 - ... representing him on horseback, with a lance in one hand and a book in the other...
Página 235 - A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience.
Página 519 - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
Página 197 - Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, 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.
Página 198 - 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.
Página 63 - ... light that it appears to me, I hope you will burn this, and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing ; but, if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked, I am sure your humanity, and propensity to relieve merit in distress, will incline you to serve the poor man, without my adding any more to the -trouble I have already given you, than assuring you that I am, with great truth, sir, " Your faithful servant,
Página 557 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 175 - The books he used for this purpose were what he had in his own collection, a copious but a miserably ragged one, and all such as he could borrow; which latter, if ever they came back to those that lent them, were so defaced as to be scarce worth owning, and yet, some of his friends were glad to receive and entertain them as curiosities.
Página 126 - He will learn, sir, that to accuse and prove are very different, and that reproaches unsupported by evidence affect only the character of him that utters them. Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young...