The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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Pàgina 2
... tion . He resolved from that time to study eight hours a - day , and continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful ...
... tion . He resolved from that time to study eight hours a - day , and continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful ...
Pàgina 9
... tion ; " a pamphlet which Burnet published as an alarm , to warn the nation of the approach of Popery . Swift , who seems to have disliked the bishop with something more than political aversion , treats him like one whom he is glad of ...
... tion ; " a pamphlet which Burnet published as an alarm , to warn the nation of the approach of Popery . Swift , who seems to have disliked the bishop with something more than political aversion , treats him like one whom he is glad of ...
Pàgina 11
... tion was issued in which three hundred pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , " secured by a sleight : " of what kind , or by whose pru- dence , is not known ; and such was the ...
... tion was issued in which three hundred pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , " secured by a sleight : " of what kind , or by whose pru- dence , is not known ; and such was the ...
Pàgina 14
... tion of the owner ) to the house of a cheerful , generous , good- natured friend of the dean's , whom she always much loved and honoured . There my informer often saw her ; and , I have reason to believe , used his utmost endeavours to ...
... tion of the owner ) to the house of a cheerful , generous , good- natured friend of the dean's , whom she always much loved and honoured . There my informer often saw her ; and , I have reason to believe , used his utmost endeavours to ...
Pàgina 15
... tion , offering three hundred pounds for discovering the author of the fourth letter . Swift had concealed himself from his printers , and trusted only his butler , who transcribed the paper . The man , immediately after the appearance ...
... tion , offering three hundred pounds for discovering the author of the fourth letter . Swift had concealed himself from his printers , and trusted only his butler , who transcribed the paper . The man , immediately after the appearance ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 80 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pàgina 127 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted...
Pàgina 123 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Pàgina 117 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Pàgina 160 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Pàgina 165 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Pàgina 50 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Pàgina 226 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Pàgina 221 - ... men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Pàgina 66 - This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now some opportunity of doing good, by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind; since, to invalidate this universal slander, it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it.