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... John- fon's Works thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor- mance , feemed to overload the memory of Dr ...
... John- fon's Works thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor- mance , feemed to overload the memory of Dr ...
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... John- fon , it seems , differed from Boileau , Voltaire , and D'Alembert , who have taken upon them to profcribe all modern efforts to write with elegance in a dead language . For a decifion pronounced in fo high a tone , no good reason ...
... John- fon , it seems , differed from Boileau , Voltaire , and D'Alembert , who have taken upon them to profcribe all modern efforts to write with elegance in a dead language . For a decifion pronounced in fo high a tone , no good reason ...
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... young Gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek Languages , by Samuel Johnson . * See the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736 , p . 418 . The The undertaking proved abortive . John- fon , having now 28 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... young Gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek Languages , by Samuel Johnson . * See the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736 , p . 418 . The The undertaking proved abortive . John- fon , having now 28 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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Samuel Johnson. The undertaking proved abortive . John- fon , having now abondoned all hopes of promoting his fortune in the country , deter- mined to become an adventurer in the world at large . His young pupil , Garrick , had formed ...
Samuel Johnson. The undertaking proved abortive . John- fon , having now abondoned all hopes of promoting his fortune in the country , deter- mined to become an adventurer in the world at large . His young pupil , Garrick , had formed ...
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... John- fon became connected with him in business , and in a clofe and intimate acquaintance . Of Cave's character it is unneceffary to fay any thing in this place , as Johnson was afterwards the biographer of his first and most useful ...
... John- fon became connected with him in business , and in a clofe and intimate acquaintance . Of Cave's character it is unneceffary to fay any thing in this place , as Johnson was afterwards the biographer of his first and most useful ...
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ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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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 17 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
Página 18 - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
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 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 76 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
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 76 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
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...