The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Tom 81835 |
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... opinion , and the impartiality of a future generation . " Indeed even Dr. Towers , who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of The Revolution Society itself , allows , that " Johnson has spoken in the highest terms of the ...
... opinion , and the impartiality of a future generation . " Indeed even Dr. Towers , who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of The Revolution Society itself , allows , that " Johnson has spoken in the highest terms of the ...
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... opinion of the excellence of rhyme over blank verse , in English poetry ; and quotes this apposite illustration of it by an ingenious critic , " that it seems to be verse only to the eye . ( 3 ) The gentleman whom he thus characterises ...
... opinion of the excellence of rhyme over blank verse , in English poetry ; and quotes this apposite illustration of it by an ingenious critic , " that it seems to be verse only to the eye . ( 3 ) The gentleman whom he thus characterises ...
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... opinion , that what we had to learn was how to [ obtain and communicate hap- piness ] do good and avoid evil . 66 ' Its elegance [ who can exhibit ? ] is less attainable . ” I could , with pleasure , expatiate upon the mas- terly ...
... opinion , that what we had to learn was how to [ obtain and communicate hap- piness ] do good and avoid evil . 66 ' Its elegance [ who can exhibit ? ] is less attainable . ” I could , with pleasure , expatiate upon the mas- terly ...
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... opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : " But , gracious God , how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light , A blaze of glory that forbids ...
... opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : " But , gracious God , how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light , A blaze of glory that forbids ...
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... opinion of the trifling part of the public , which pretends to judge of this part of literature , in which boys and girls decide , yet I think nobody can be mistaken in this comparison : though I think their thoughts have never yet ...
... opinion of the trifling part of the public , which pretends to judge of this part of literature , in which boys and girls decide , yet I think nobody can be mistaken in this comparison : though I think their thoughts have never yet ...
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Strona 394 - 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 81 - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Strona 120 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Strona 44 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
Strona 270 - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
Strona 67 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Strona 383 - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
Strona 84 - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Strona 279 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Strona 72 - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him