A Critical Enquiry Into the Moral Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson: In which the Tendency of Certain Passages in the Rambler, and Other Publications of that Celebrated Writer, is Impartially Considered : to which is Added an Appendix, Containing a Dialogue Between Boswell and Johnson in the ShadesC. Corrall, 1802 - 144 páginas |
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... RELIGION . But while on this topic I shall presume upon the indulgence of my reader by intro- ducing one more short quotation from the profound and philosophic Hume . - " A " A writer is animated with new force when he PREFACE . xi.
... RELIGION . But while on this topic I shall presume upon the indulgence of my reader by intro- ducing one more short quotation from the profound and philosophic Hume . - " A " A writer is animated with new force when he PREFACE . xi.
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... readers.- Were Moliere and Corneille to bring upon the stage at present their early productions , which were formerly so well received , it would discourage the young poets to see the indifference and disdain of the public . The ...
... readers.- Were Moliere and Corneille to bring upon the stage at present their early productions , which were formerly so well received , it would discourage the young poets to see the indifference and disdain of the public . The ...
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... reader of Johnson might feel for his character . His letter to M'Pherson is a specimen of the most unpolished and ungen- tlemanly conduct , that it is easy to conceive ; and his beha- viour to Osborne was that of a sullen barbarian ...
... reader of Johnson might feel for his character . His letter to M'Pherson is a specimen of the most unpolished and ungen- tlemanly conduct , that it is easy to conceive ; and his beha- viour to Osborne was that of a sullen barbarian ...
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... readers , Johnson naturally possessed a misan- thropic way of thinking ; and this had probably been greatly confirmed by the nu- merous disappointments of his early life . A slave , likewise , to the most absurd prejudices , which he ...
... readers , Johnson naturally possessed a misan- thropic way of thinking ; and this had probably been greatly confirmed by the nu- merous disappointments of his early life . A slave , likewise , to the most absurd prejudices , which he ...
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... make us execrate the society in which we exist . To expose the glaring fallacy of such reasoning , would be too gross an insult to the understanding of my readers . The miseries of learning again come under his consideration , ( 12 )
... make us execrate the society in which we exist . To expose the glaring fallacy of such reasoning , would be too gross an insult to the understanding of my readers . The miseries of learning again come under his consideration , ( 12 )
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Página 87 - He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same...
Página 76 - Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown: O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread. And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head.
Página 87 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Página 79 - To press the weary minutes' flagging wings; New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns; Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Página 73 - Has Heaven reserv'd in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Página 74 - On ev'ry stage the foes of peace attend, Hate dogs their flight, and insult mocks their end. Love ends with hope, the sinking statesman's door Pours in the morning...
Página 78 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away ; New forms arise, and...
Página 77 - Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee: Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from Letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust.
Página 94 - I could be content that we might procreate like trees without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life ; nor is there any thing that will more deject his cooled imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
Página 96 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness before had concealed : they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.