The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... known by those who have had no opportunity of perfonal acquaint- ance , and perhaps never a man whofe failings , after having been exposed by imprudence or exaggerated by malice , were fooner forgotten in the esteem excited by his ...
... known by those who have had no opportunity of perfonal acquaint- ance , and perhaps never a man whofe failings , after having been exposed by imprudence or exaggerated by malice , were fooner forgotten in the esteem excited by his ...
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... known by the name of PARSON FORD , the fame who is reprefented near the punch - bowl in Ho- garth's Midnight Modern Converfation . In the Life of Fenton , Johnfon fays , that " his " abilities , instead of furnishing convivial ...
... known by the name of PARSON FORD , the fame who is reprefented near the punch - bowl in Ho- garth's Midnight Modern Converfation . In the Life of Fenton , Johnfon fays , that " his " abilities , instead of furnishing convivial ...
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... known to Dr. Taylor and Dr. Adams , Wonders are told of his memory , and , indeed , all who knew him late in life can witnefs that he retained that faculty in the greateft vigour , From the univerfity Johnfon returned ta Lichfield . His ...
... known to Dr. Taylor and Dr. Adams , Wonders are told of his memory , and , indeed , all who knew him late in life can witnefs that he retained that faculty in the greateft vigour , From the univerfity Johnfon returned ta Lichfield . His ...
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... known , inhabited by nations entirely different from the Abyffins . Their hair , like that of the other blacks in thofe regions , is fhort and curled . In the year 1615 , RAS- SELA CHRISTOS , Lieutenant - general to Sul- tan tan SEQUED ...
... known , inhabited by nations entirely different from the Abyffins . Their hair , like that of the other blacks in thofe regions , is fhort and curled . In the year 1615 , RAS- SELA CHRISTOS , Lieutenant - general to Sul- tan tan SEQUED ...
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... known ; but , certainly , they were not fufficient to hinder Johnfon from cafting his eyes about him in quest of other employment . Accordingly , in 1735 , he made overtures to the reverend Mr. Bud- worth , Mafter of a Grammar - school ...
... known ; but , certainly , they were not fufficient to hinder Johnfon from cafting his eyes about him in quest of other employment . Accordingly , in 1735 , he made overtures to the reverend Mr. Bud- worth , Mafter of a Grammar - school ...
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Página 76 - 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 - 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 212 - 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 12 - He appears by his modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Página 55 - 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 353 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Página 340 - Lyce, in which he claims for this ancient personage as good a right to be assimilated to heaven, as nymphs whom other poets have flattered; he therefore ironically ascribes to her the attributes of the sky, in such stanzas as this: " Her teeth the night with darkness dies, She's starr'd with pimples o'er ; Her tongue like nimble lightning plies, And can with thunder roar.
Página 214 - Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end?
Página 76 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
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.