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... himself than with his companions . In 1725 , when he was about fixteen years old , he went on a vifit to his coufin Cornelius Ford , who detained him for fome months , and in the mean time affifted him in the claffics . The general 9 ...
... himself than with his companions . In 1725 , when he was about fixteen years old , he went on a vifit to his coufin Cornelius Ford , who detained him for fome months , and in the mean time affifted him in the claffics . The general 9 ...
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... himself , are always in camp , that they may be prepared , upon the most fudden alarm , to meet every emergence in a country which is engaged every year VOL . I. C either either in foreign wars or inteftine commo- tions . Ethiopia ...
... himself , are always in camp , that they may be prepared , upon the most fudden alarm , to meet every emergence in a country which is engaged every year VOL . I. C either either in foreign wars or inteftine commo- tions . Ethiopia ...
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... himself , for the fake of the coolnefs , was charmed with a thoufand de- lightful rainbows , which the fun - beams painted on the water , in all their fhining and lively colours * . The fall of this mighty * This Mr. Bruce , the late ...
... himself , for the fake of the coolnefs , was charmed with a thoufand de- lightful rainbows , which the fun - beams painted on the water , in all their fhining and lively colours * . The fall of this mighty * This Mr. Bruce , the late ...
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... of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson propofed to himself would , beyond all quef- tion , have been a valuable addition to the history history of letters ; but his project failed . His 26 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson propofed to himself would , beyond all quef- tion , have been a valuable addition to the history history of letters ; but his project failed . His 26 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... , by confequence , leffen their respect for their master . Another mode of advancing himself presented itself about this time . Mrs. Porter , the widow of a mer- a mercer in Birmingham , admired his ta- lents . GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 27.
... , by confequence , leffen their respect for their master . Another mode of advancing himself presented itself about this time . Mrs. Porter , the widow of a mer- a mercer in Birmingham , admired his ta- lents . GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 27.
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ABDALLA affiftance Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty bofom Bofwell breaſt CALI CARAZA caufe cauſe charms Colley Cibber converfation death defire DEMETRIUS effays Engliſh eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula feems fhades fhall fhine fhould fibi fighs fince firft firſt flaves fmile fome foon forrow foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fword Garrick Gentleman's Magazine Greece HASAN Heav'n Hiftory himſelf honour hope houfe IRENE Johnfon juftice labours laft laſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obfervation occafion paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent publick publiſhed quæ quod rage reafon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SCENE ſhall Sir John Hawkins ſtate ſtill Sultan thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tion tranflation uſed vifit virtue vitæ whofe wiſhes writer
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Page 76 - 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 - 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.
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Page 12 - He appears by his modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 55 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 353 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Page 340 - Lyce, in which he claims for this ancient personage as good a right to be assimilated to heaven, as nymphs whom other poets have flattered; he therefore ironically ascribes to her the attributes of the sky, in such stanzas as this: " Her teeth the night with darkness dies, She's starr'd with pimples o'er ; Her tongue like nimble lightning plies, And can with thunder roar.
Page 214 - Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end?
Page 76 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
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.