The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson. PoemsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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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 shore , " Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johufon at ...
... 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 shore , " Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johufon at ...
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... praise fubfided , he opened with these words . " That speech I " wrote in a garret in Exeter - street . " The company was ftruck with aftonishment . After ftaring at each other in filent amaze , Dr. Fran- cis afked , " How that speech ...
... praise fubfided , he opened with these words . " That speech I " wrote in a garret in Exeter - street . " The company was ftruck with aftonishment . After ftaring at each other in filent amaze , Dr. Fran- cis afked , " How that speech ...
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... praise , in the Life of Savage . With the same spirit of independence 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 same spirit of independence 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 foliciting a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . Johnfon treated this civility with difdain . He faid to Garrick and others , " I have failed a long and ...
... praise ; and this was understood , at the time , to be a courtly way of foliciting a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . Johnfon treated this civility with difdain . He faid to Garrick and others , " I have failed a long and ...
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... praise . My task perform'd , and all my labours o'er , For me what lot has Fortune now in flore ? The liftlefs will fucceeds , that worst disease , The rack of indolence , the fluggish ease . Care grows on care , and o'er my aching ...
... praise . My task perform'd , and all my labours o'er , For me what lot has Fortune now in flore ? The liftlefs will fucceeds , that worst disease , The rack of indolence , the fluggish ease . Care grows on care , and o'er my aching ...
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ABDALLA affiftance Afpafia Amurath ASPASI Baffa beauty Behold bofom breaft CALI CARAZA cauſe charms death DEMETRIUS diftant dread effays ev'ry eyes faid fair fame fate fays fcorn fear fecret fecula feems fhades fhall fhare fhine fhould fibi fighs filent firſt flaves fmiles fome forrow foul ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatnefs Greece guilt Hæc heart Heav'n himſelf Hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnfon joys juftice laft LEONTIUS Lichfield ludicra MAHOME MAHOMET mihi millia mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obfervation occafion paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent publick publiſhed purſue quæ Quid quod racter rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SCENE ſcenes ſchemes ſhake ſhall Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate Stella Streatham Sultan thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom
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Página 176 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? 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 165 - But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Página 174 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Página 57 - 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 174 - ... 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. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
Página 17 - I hope you will burn this, and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing; but if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked...
Página 174 - scape, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud. From meaner minds, though smaller fines content The plunder'd palace, or sequester'd rent; Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock, And fatal Learning leads him to the block: Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep.
Página 172 - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th
Página 176 - ... 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 174 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...