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... Poem of the " Traveller . " - The Poet and his Dog . - Suc- cess of the Poem . - Astonishment at the Club . - Observations on the Poem .... PAGE 185 CHAPTER XVI . New Lodgings . - Johnson's Compliment . - A Titled Patron . - The Poet at ...
... Poem of the " Traveller . " - The Poet and his Dog . - Suc- cess of the Poem . - Astonishment at the Club . - Observations on the Poem .... PAGE 185 CHAPTER XVI . New Lodgings . - Johnson's Compliment . - A Titled Patron . - The Poet at ...
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... Poem of " Retaliation . " - Portrait of Garrick ; Of Goldsmith ; Of Reynolds . Illness of the Poet ; His Death ; Grief of his Friends . - A Last Word respecting the Jessamy Bride .......... 423 CHAPTER XLV . The Funeral . - The Monument ...
... Poem of " Retaliation . " - Portrait of Garrick ; Of Goldsmith ; Of Reynolds . Illness of the Poet ; His Death ; Grief of his Friends . - A Last Word respecting the Jessamy Bride .......... 423 CHAPTER XLV . The Funeral . - The Monument ...
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... poetic mind , and took instant root there ; but the slow plants of useful knowledge were apt to be overrun , if not choked , by the weeds of his quick imagi nation . Another trait of his motley preceptor , Byrne , was a disposition to ...
... poetic mind , and took instant root there ; but the slow plants of useful knowledge were apt to be overrun , if not choked , by the weeds of his quick imagi nation . Another trait of his motley preceptor , Byrne , was a disposition to ...
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... poets and historians ; relished Ovid and Horace , and delighted in Livy . He exercised himself with pleasure in reading and translat- ing Tacitus , and was brought to pay attention to style in his compositions by a reproof from his ...
... poets and historians ; relished Ovid and Horace , and delighted in Livy . He exercised himself with pleasure in reading and translat- ing Tacitus , and was brought to pay attention to style in his compositions by a reproof from his ...
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... poem of " The Traveller " : - - " Remote , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; • Where'er I roam , whatever realms to see , My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns with ...
... poem of " The Traveller " : - - " Remote , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; • Where'er I roam , whatever realms to see , My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns with ...
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Page 28 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 291 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 261 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 427 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.
Page 291 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 187 - The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Page 26 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast.
Page 208 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is— to die.
Page 231 - Johnson talked to his majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawingroom.
Page 156 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.