Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedyNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... praise is unneceffary . It is an ob- servation of the younger Pliny , in his Epis- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that history ought never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec ...
... praise is unneceffary . It is an ob- servation of the younger Pliny , in his Epis- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that history ought never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec ...
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... praise fubfided , he opened with these words : " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter- " street . " The company was ftruck with astonishment . After staring at each other in filent amaze , Dr. Francis afked , " How " that speech ...
... praise fubfided , he opened with these words : " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter- " street . " The company was ftruck with astonishment . After staring at each other in filent amaze , Dr. Francis afked , " How " that speech ...
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... praise , in the Life of Savage . With the fame spirit of in- dependence with which he wished to live , it was pow his pride to write . He communi- cated his plan to none of his friends ; he de- fired no affiftance , relying entirely on ...
... praise , in the Life of Savage . With the fame spirit of in- dependence with which he wished to live , it was pow his pride to write . He communi- cated his plan to none of his friends ; he de- fired no affiftance , relying entirely on ...
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... praise ; and this was understood , at the time , to be a courtly way of folicit- ing a dedication of the Dictionary to him- felf . Johnson treated this civility with dif- dain . He said to Garrick and others , " have failed a long and ...
... praise ; and this was understood , at the time , to be a courtly way of folicit- ing a dedication of the Dictionary to him- felf . Johnson treated this civility with dif- dain . He said to Garrick and others , " have failed a long and ...
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... praise . My task perform'd , and all my labours o'er , For me what lot has Fortune now in ftore ? The liftlefs will fucceeds , that worst disease , The rack of indolence , the fluggish ease . Care grows on care , and o'er my aching ...
... praise . My task perform'd , and all my labours o'er , For me what lot has Fortune now in ftore ? The liftlefs will fucceeds , that worst disease , The rack of indolence , the fluggish ease . Care grows on care , and o'er my aching ...
Common terms and phrases
ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Page 75 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 17 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
Page 18 - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
Page 77 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 77 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 77 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 76 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 22 - 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.
Page 76 - 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.
Page 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...