Lives of English Poets: From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's LivesH. G. Bohn, 1846 - 419 |
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... seem sufficient to give a faithful representation of his fortunes and character , without wearying the attention of the reader . That any important addition should be made to what has been already told of him , will scarcely be expected ...
... seem sufficient to give a faithful representation of his fortunes and character , without wearying the attention of the reader . That any important addition should be made to what has been already told of him , will scarcely be expected ...
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... seems to have been always ready to supply a dedication for a friend , a task which he exe- cuted with more than ordinary courtliness . In this way , he told Boswell , that he believed he " had dedi- cated to all the royal family round ...
... seems to have been always ready to supply a dedication for a friend , a task which he exe- cuted with more than ordinary courtliness . In this way , he told Boswell , that he believed he " had dedi- cated to all the royal family round ...
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... seem with a view to urge him to rely on his own stores as an original writer , and to continue his labours , then said , " I do not think you borrow much from any body . " Johnson said , he thought he had already done his part as a ...
... seem with a view to urge him to rely on his own stores as an original writer , and to continue his labours , then said , " I do not think you borrow much from any body . " Johnson said , he thought he had already done his part as a ...
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... seems to have pro- ceeded on his way , with the view of finding some- thing at every turn , on which to exercise his powers of argument or of raillery . His mind is scarcely ever passive to the objects it encounters , but shapes them to ...
... seems to have pro- ceeded on his way , with the view of finding some- thing at every turn , on which to exercise his powers of argument or of raillery . His mind is scarcely ever passive to the objects it encounters , but shapes them to ...
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... seems now to attend it . " In hopes of stimulating the vocal organs , he swallowed two drams , and agitated his body into violent motion , but it was to no purpose ; whereupon he returned to his bed , and , as he thought , fell asleep ...
... seems now to attend it . " In hopes of stimulating the vocal organs , he swallowed two drams , and agitated his body into violent motion , but it was to no purpose ; whereupon he returned to his bed , and , as he thought , fell asleep ...
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Strona 282 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Strona 36 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
Strona 61 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Strona 52 - The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.
Strona 313 - O Nature, how in every charm supreme ! Whose votaries feast on raptures ever new ! O for the voice and fire of seraphim, To sing thy glories with devotion due ! Blest be the day I 'scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus...
Strona 213 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Strona 242 - She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Strona 10 - He, and another neighbour of mine, one Mr. Samuel Johnson, set out this morning for London together. Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week, and Mr. Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy, and to see to get himself employed in some translation, either from the Latin or the French. Johnson is a very good scholar and poet, and I have great hopes will turn out a fine tragedy-writer. If it should any way lie in your way, doubt* not but you would be ready to recommend and assist your countryman....
Strona 216 - Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Strona 221 - Woods ! that listen to the night-birds' singing, Midway the smooth and perilous slope reclined, Save when your own imperious branches swinging Have made a solemn music of the wind ! Where, like a man beloved...