The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 28
Página 38
... Afpafia . DEMETRIUS . Afpafia ! fpare that lov'd , that mournful name : Dear hapless maid - tempeftuous grief o'erbears My reafoning pow'rs - Dear , haplefs , loft Afpafia ! Sufpend the thought . LEONTIUS . DEMETRIUS . All thought on ...
... Afpafia . DEMETRIUS . Afpafia ! fpare that lov'd , that mournful name : Dear hapless maid - tempeftuous grief o'erbears My reafoning pow'rs - Dear , haplefs , loft Afpafia ! Sufpend the thought . LEONTIUS . DEMETRIUS . All thought on ...
Página 39
... Afpafia , To what are we referv'd ? DEMETRIUS . To what I know not : But hope , yet hope , to happiness and honour ; If happiness can be without Afpafia . D 4 LEON- LEONTIUS . But whence this new - fprung hope ? A TRAGED Y. 39.
... Afpafia , To what are we referv'd ? DEMETRIUS . To what I know not : But hope , yet hope , to happiness and honour ; If happiness can be without Afpafia . D 4 LEON- LEONTIUS . But whence this new - fprung hope ? A TRAGED Y. 39.
Página 45
... Afpafia . What hopes , what terrors , rufh upon my foul ! O lead me quickly to the scene of fate ; Break through the politician's tedious forms : Afpafia calls me , let me fly to fave her . LEONTIUS . Did Mahomet reproach or praise her ...
... Afpafia . What hopes , what terrors , rufh upon my foul ! O lead me quickly to the scene of fate ; Break through the politician's tedious forms : Afpafia calls me , let me fly to fave her . LEONTIUS . Did Mahomet reproach or praise her ...
Página 47
... Afpafia ? A floating atom , duft that falls unheeded Into the adverse scale , nor shakes the balance . CALI . At least this day be calm - If we fucceed , Afpafia's thine , and all thy life is rapture.- See ! Muftapha , the tyrant's ...
... Afpafia ? A floating atom , duft that falls unheeded Into the adverse scale , nor shakes the balance . CALI . At least this day be calm - If we fucceed , Afpafia's thine , and all thy life is rapture.- See ! Muftapha , the tyrant's ...
Página 48
... Afpafia shine above her ! CALI . Should fhe , for profelytes are always zealous , With pious warmth receive our Prophet's law- MUSTAPHA . Heav'n will contemn the mercenary fervour , Which love of greatnefs , not of truth , inflames ...
... Afpafia shine above her ! CALI . Should fhe , for profelytes are always zealous , With pious warmth receive our Prophet's law- MUSTAPHA . Heav'n will contemn the mercenary fervour , Which love of greatnefs , not of truth , inflames ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ABDALLA affift Afpafia againſt anſwer ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt blefs bookfeller breaſt buſineſs CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe converfation courſe death defire DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula feems fhades fhall fhews fhine fhould fibi fighs firft firſt fkies flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit ftill fubject fuch fword Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juftice labours laft laſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er Obferve occafion paffions pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſays SCENE ſhall Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe wiſh
Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 21 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 57 - 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.
Página 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...
Página 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
Página 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.
Página 29 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.