The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, London, and M. Keene and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1815 - 639 páginas |
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Language of Monboddo , before the “ Diver . sions of Purley " of Horne Tooke , in
1798 . The system of this acute grammarian , which derives the origin of all words
from the objects of external perception , and reduces the necessary words of ...
Language of Monboddo , before the “ Diver . sions of Purley " of Horne Tooke , in
1798 . The system of this acute grammarian , which derives the origin of all words
from the objects of external perception , and reduces the necessary words of ...
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1762 , " by a collection of · Chinese Miscellanies ; ' and , in 1763 , by Five pieces
of Runic Poetry , translated from the Islandic language . In 1764 , he published a
new version of the Song of Solomon , with a commentary and annotations .
1762 , " by a collection of · Chinese Miscellanies ; ' and , in 1763 , by Five pieces
of Runic Poetry , translated from the Islandic language . In 1764 , he published a
new version of the Song of Solomon , with a commentary and annotations .
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... printer in Edinburgh , an edition of English poetry , which might unite the
ancient and modern poets in one comprehensive view , and exhibit the progress
of our national poetry , corresponding with the gradual re . finement of language
and ...
... printer in Edinburgh , an edition of English poetry , which might unite the
ancient and modern poets in one comprehensive view , and exhibit the progress
of our national poetry , corresponding with the gradual re . finement of language
and ...
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Johnson ' s imperfect knowledge of the northern dialects , disqualified him , in
some mea . sure , for surveying clearly the foundations of our language ; and his
partiality for classical literature , led him to prefer that division of the language ...
Johnson ' s imperfect knowledge of the northern dialects , disqualified him , in
some mea . sure , for surveying clearly the foundations of our language ; and his
partiality for classical literature , led him to prefer that division of the language ...
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Much has been done ; but the partial estimate of * The principles upon which the
orthoepy of our language is founded , have been established by Mr Sheridan in
his elaborate “ Dictionary of the English Language , ” in 2 vols . 4to , 1780 ; and ...
Much has been done ; but the partial estimate of * The principles upon which the
orthoepy of our language is founded , have been established by Mr Sheridan in
his elaborate “ Dictionary of the English Language , ” in 2 vols . 4to , 1780 ; and ...
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Página 509 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 296 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 568 - 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 210 - 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 209 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an...
Página 97 - Then, sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing." The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson; one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Página 570 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Página 287 - ... and knees of his breeches were loose, his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk.
Página 95 - It has been confidently related, with many embellishments, that Johnson one day knocked Osborne down in his shop, with a folio, and put his foot upon his neck. The simple truth I had from Johnson himself. "Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in his shop: it was in my own chamber.
Página 36 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me.
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| Título | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Critical Observations on His Works |
| Autor | Robert Anderson |
| Contribuidores | Doig and Stirling, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy |
| Editor | Doig and Stirling, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, London, and M. Keene and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1815 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 18 Ene 2008 |
| N.º de páginas | 639 páginas |
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