Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedyNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret bribes , by which the judgement may be influenced , and par- tial affection may be carried beyond the bounds of truth . In the prefent cafe , how- ever ...
... hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret bribes , by which the judgement may be influenced , and par- tial affection may be carried beyond the bounds of truth . In the prefent cafe , how- ever ...
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... hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . How- ever that may be , their connection was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress . Mr ...
... hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . How- ever that may be , their connection was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress . Mr ...
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... hour , without an aching heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by neceffity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . A number of small tracts iffued from C 4 from his pen with ...
... hour , without an aching heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by neceffity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . A number of small tracts iffued from C 4 from his pen with ...
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... hours , never to see him more . The fepa- ration was , perhaps , an advantage to him , who wanted to make a right use of his time , and even then beheld with felf - reproach the waste occafioned by diffipation . His ab- ftinence from ...
... hours , never to see him more . The fepa- ration was , perhaps , an advantage to him , who wanted to make a right use of his time , and even then beheld with felf - reproach the waste occafioned by diffipation . His ab- ftinence from ...
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... hour , waiting in an anti- chamber , till a gentleman should retire , and leave his lordship at leifure . This was the famous Colley Cibber . Johnfon faw him go , and , fired with indignation , rushed out of the house . What Lord ...
... hour , waiting in an anti- chamber , till a gentleman should retire , and leave his lordship at leifure . This was the famous Colley Cibber . Johnfon faw him go , and , fired with indignation , rushed out of the house . What Lord ...
Términos y frases comunes
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...