The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... Late in life , if any man praised a book in his prefence , he was fure to afk , “ Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not feem willing to believe it . He continued at the university till the want of ...
... Late in life , if any man praised a book in his prefence , he was fure to afk , “ Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not feem willing to believe it . He continued at the university till the want of ...
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... late traveller , avers to be a down- right falfehood . He fays , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a feat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is ...
... late traveller , avers to be a down- right falfehood . He fays , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a feat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is ...
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... late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson propofed to himself would , beyond all quef- tion , have been a valuable addition to the history history of letters ; but his project failed . His 26 AN ESSAY ON THE ...
... late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson propofed to himself would , beyond all quef- tion , have been a valuable addition to the history history of letters ; but his project failed . His 26 AN ESSAY ON THE ...
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... late 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 laft diftrefs ...
... late 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 laft diftrefs ...
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... late Mr. Dodfley was the purchafer at the price of ten guineas . It was published in 1738 ; and Pope , we are told , faid , " The author , whoever he is , will not be long concealed ; " alluding to the paf- fage in Terence , Ubi , ubi ...
... late Mr. Dodfley was the purchafer at the price of ten guineas . It was published in 1738 ; and Pope , we are told , faid , " The author , whoever he is , will not be long concealed ; " alluding to the paf- fage in Terence , Ubi , ubi ...
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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.