The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... bright fource of day , And view the wonders of th ' ætherial way . The love of Fame his gen'rous bofom fir'd ; Each Science hail'd him , and each Mufe infpir'd . For him the Sons of Learning trimm'd the bays , And Nations harmonious in ...
... bright fource of day , And view the wonders of th ' ætherial way . The love of Fame his gen'rous bofom fir'd ; Each Science hail'd him , and each Mufe infpir'd . For him the Sons of Learning trimm'd the bays , And Nations harmonious in ...
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... bright reward of a well - acted life . I view myself , while Reafon's feeble light Shoots a pale glimmer through the gloom of night , While paffions , error , phantoms of the brain , And vain opinions , fill the dark domain ; A dreary ...
... bright reward of a well - acted life . I view myself , while Reafon's feeble light Shoots a pale glimmer through the gloom of night , While paffions , error , phantoms of the brain , And vain opinions , fill the dark domain ; A dreary ...
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... Bright- helmstone , to Wales , and to Paris . It is but justice to Mr. Thrale to say , that a more ingenuous frame of mind no man possessed . g 2 His His education at Oxford gave him the ha- bits of GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . -99.
... Bright- helmstone , to Wales , and to Paris . It is but justice to Mr. Thrale to say , that a more ingenuous frame of mind no man possessed . g 2 His His education at Oxford gave him the ha- bits of GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . -99.
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... bright with ev'ry virtue ; Untainted with the LUST OF INNOVATION ; Sure all unite to hold her league of rule , Unbroken as the facred chain of Nature , That links the jarring elements in peace . " These are British fentiments . Above ...
... bright with ev'ry virtue ; Untainted with the LUST OF INNOVATION ; Sure all unite to hold her league of rule , Unbroken as the facred chain of Nature , That links the jarring elements in peace . " These are British fentiments . Above ...
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... bright approach , And shun the shining train , and golden coach . 35 In vain , these dangers paft , your doors you close , And hope the balmy bleffings of repose ; Cruel with guilt , and daring with despair , The midnight murd'rer ...
... bright approach , And shun the shining train , and golden coach . 35 In vain , these dangers paft , your doors you close , And hope the balmy bleffings of repose ; Cruel with guilt , and daring with despair , The midnight murd'rer ...
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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
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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.