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... praise , and even to form a pofthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of fuch a writer , there is , befides , a rule of juftice to which the publick have an undoubted claim . Fond ad- miration and partial friendship ...
... praise , and even to form a pofthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of fuch a writer , there is , befides , a rule of juftice to which the publick have an undoubted claim . Fond ad- miration and partial friendship ...
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... praise is unneceffary . It is an ob- servation of the younger Pliny , in his Epif- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that hiftory 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 Epif- tle to his Friend Tacitus , that hiftory ought never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec ...
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... praise the hermit , but regret the friend : " Refolv'd at length , from Vice and London far , " To breathe in diftant fields a purer air ; " And , fix'd on Cambria's folitary fhore , " Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johnson ...
... praise the hermit , but regret the friend : " Refolv'd at length , from Vice and London far , " To breathe in diftant fields a purer air ; " And , fix'd on Cambria's folitary fhore , " Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johnson ...
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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 now 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 now 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 faid to Garrick and others , " I " have failed a long ...
... 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 faid to Garrick and others , " I " have failed a long ...
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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.