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... thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret bribes , by which the judgement may be influenced , and par- tial affection may be carried beyond the ...
... thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has fecret bribes , by which the judgement may be influenced , and par- tial affection may be carried beyond the ...
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... thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor mance , feemed to overload the memory of Dr. Johnson , and in the ...
... thought the life , which they pre- fixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for republication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that perfor mance , feemed to overload the memory of Dr. Johnson , and in the ...
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... thought it time to make him- felf known to a man whom he confidered as a patron of literature . Cave had announced , by public advertisement , a prize of fifty pounds for the best Poem on Life , Death , Judge- ment , Heaven , and Hell ...
... thought it time to make him- felf known to a man whom he confidered as a patron of literature . Cave had announced , by public advertisement , a prize of fifty pounds for the best Poem on Life , Death , Judge- ment , Heaven , and Hell ...
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... thoughts his choice com- " mend ; " I 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 ...
... thoughts his choice com- " mend ; " I 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 ...
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... , and " Fatalifm . By Mr. Croufaz , Profeffor of " Philofophy and Mathematics at Lausanne . " This translation has been generally thought a pro- a production of Johnson's pen ; but it is now 38 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... , and " Fatalifm . By Mr. Croufaz , Profeffor of " Philofophy and Mathematics at Lausanne . " This translation has been generally thought a pro- a production of Johnson's pen ; but it is now 38 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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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.