The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols, 1816 |
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... charm that cap- tivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems , to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er- inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to his conception . He moves in state , and his ...
... charm that cap- tivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems , to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er- inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to his conception . He moves in state , and his ...
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... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic style , he may be pronounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic style , he may be pronounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
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... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike : Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike : Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
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... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their grandsires ' wreaths regret , From age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear - bought right ...
... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their grandsires ' wreaths regret , From age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear - bought right ...
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... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly , " And all be mine beneath the polar sky . " The march begins in military state , And nations on his eye ...
... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly , " And all be mine beneath the polar sky . " The march begins in military state , And nations on his eye ...
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Página 44 - 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.
Página 190 - 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.
Página 139 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Página 76 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Página 187 - 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; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Página 182 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost ; He comes...
Página 183 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Página 175 - 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...
Página 187 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Página 55 - ... 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...