The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols, 1816 |
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... wealth and devotion . Hence we have suf- ficient proof , that these nations always paid adoration to the Deity of this famous river . " As to the course of the Nile , its waters , after their first rise , run towards the East , about ...
... wealth and devotion . Hence we have suf- ficient proof , that these nations always paid adoration to the Deity of this famous river . " As to the course of the Nile , its waters , after their first rise , run towards the East , about ...
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... wealth and plenty into Egypt , which owes to the annual inundations of this river its envied fertility * . Lobo knows nothing of the Nile in the rest of its passage , except that it receives great increase from many other rivers , has ...
... wealth and plenty into Egypt , which owes to the annual inundations of this river its envied fertility * . Lobo knows nothing of the Nile in the rest of its passage , except that it receives great increase from many other rivers , has ...
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... wealth . Amidst such attentions , who can wonder that cold praise has been often the only reward of merit ? In this country , Doctor Nathaniel Hodges , who , like the good bishop of Marseilles , drew purer breath amidst the contagion of ...
... wealth . Amidst such attentions , who can wonder that cold praise has been often the only reward of merit ? In this country , Doctor Nathaniel Hodges , who , like the good bishop of Marseilles , drew purer breath amidst the contagion of ...
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Samuel Johnson. 66 and when Milton adds , " that a common- " wealth was commended , or rather ENJOIN- ED , by our Saviour himself , to all Christians , " not without a remarkable disallowance , and " the brand of Gentilism UPON KINGSHIP ...
Samuel Johnson. 66 and when Milton adds , " that a common- " wealth was commended , or rather ENJOIN- ED , by our Saviour himself , to all Christians , " not without a remarkable disallowance , and " the brand of Gentilism UPON KINGSHIP ...
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... wealth the small remains , On Thames's banks , in silent thought we stood Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood Struck with the seat that gave ELIZA✶ birth , We kneel , and kiss the consecrated earth ; In pleasing dreams the ...
... wealth the small remains , On Thames's banks , in silent thought we stood Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood Struck with the seat that gave ELIZA✶ birth , We kneel , and kiss the consecrated earth ; In pleasing dreams the ...
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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...