The works of Samuel Johnson, Tom 6G. Offor, 1818 |
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... public hate , " Reason with rage , and eloquence with fate . " On Cowley . " To him no author was unknown , " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " Horace's wit , and Virgil's state , " He did not steal , but emulate ! " And , when he ...
... public hate , " Reason with rage , and eloquence with fate . " On Cowley . " To him no author was unknown , " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " Horace's wit , and Virgil's state , " He did not steal , but emulate ! " And , when he ...
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... public school , to teach all the young fry of a " parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning " and knowledge to his relations , and the sons of gen- " tlemen who were his intimate friends , and that nei- " ther his writings ...
... public school , to teach all the young fry of a " parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning " and knowledge to his relations , and the sons of gen- " tlemen who were his intimate friends , and that nei- " ther his writings ...
Strona 85
... whether gloriosissimus be here used with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart , as in miles gloriosus . Dr. J. 66 men , the director of our public councils , MILTON . 85.
... whether gloriosissimus be here used with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart , as in miles gloriosus . Dr. J. 66 men , the director of our public councils , MILTON . 85.
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Samuel Johnson. 66 men , the director of our public councils , the leader " of unconquered armies , the father of your country ; " for by that title does every good man hail you with " sincere and voluntary praise . " Next year , having ...
Samuel Johnson. 66 men , the director of our public councils , the leader " of unconquered armies , the father of your country ; " for by that title does every good man hail you with " sincere and voluntary praise . " Next year , having ...
Strona 92
... public trust ; but of Milton there was no ex- ception . Of this tenderness shewn to Milton , the curiosity of mankind has not forborn to enquire the reason . Bur- net thinks he was forgotten ; but this is another 92 MILTON .
... public trust ; but of Milton there was no ex- ception . Of this tenderness shewn to Milton , the curiosity of mankind has not forborn to enquire the reason . Bur- net thinks he was forgotten ; but this is another 92 MILTON .
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Strona 312 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Strona 51 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Strona 60 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Strona 305 - And now approach'd their fleet from India, fraught With all the riches of the rising sun ; And precious sand from southern climates brought, The fatal regions where the war begun.
Strona 117 - We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Strona 31 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet when the .other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run: Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.
Strona 23 - On a round ball A workeman that hath copies by, can lay An Europe, Afrique, and an Asia, And quickly make that, which was nothing, All...
Strona 172 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Strona 117 - In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind.
Strona 18 - What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ' their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.