The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 - English literature |
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... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relating the anecdotes of beggary . " Johnson derived from his parents , or from an unwholesome nurse , the distemper called the King's Evil . The Jacobites at that time be- lieved in the ...
... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relating the anecdotes of beggary . " Johnson derived from his parents , or from an unwholesome nurse , the distemper called the King's Evil . The Jacobites at that time be- lieved in the ...
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... and its peculiar graces of style . What man of taste would willingly forego the pleasure of reading Vida , Fracastorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 19.
... and its peculiar graces of style . What man of taste would willingly forego the pleasure of reading Vida , Fracastorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 19.
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... pleasure , which no man shall " diminish or augment . I shall never envy the " honours which wit and learning obtain in any " other cause , if I can be numbered among the " writers who have given ardour to virtue , and " confidence to ...
... pleasure , which no man shall " diminish or augment . I shall never envy the " honours which wit and learning obtain in any " other cause , if I can be numbered among the " writers who have given ardour to virtue , and " confidence to ...
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... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " To assist industrious indigence , struggling with distress , and de- " bilitated by age , is a display of virtue , and " an acquisition of happiness and honour . " Whoever ...
... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " To assist industrious indigence , struggling with distress , and de- " bilitated by age , is a display of virtue , and " an acquisition of happiness and honour . " Whoever ...
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... pleasure for business , wished to con- " tent his bookseller by some unstudied essay . " He therefore took up a French Journal Lite- " raire , and translating something he liked , 66 sent it away to town . Time , however , dis ...
... pleasure for business , wished to con- " tent his bookseller by some unstudied essay . " He therefore took up a French Journal Lite- " raire , and translating something he liked , 66 sent it away to town . Time , however , dis ...
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Page 166 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 167 - When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: • Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 43 - ... 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 156 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 282 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five : For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely...
Page 34 - Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Page 56 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Page 57 - 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 162 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Page 157 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.