The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volum 3W. Andrews and L. Blake, 1807 |
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Pàgina 11
... reason to complain . Every Saint in heaven will have as much happiness as he can hold . " Mr. Dilly thought this a clear , though a familiar illustration of the phrase , " One star differeth from another in brightness . " Dr. Mayo ...
... reason to complain . Every Saint in heaven will have as much happiness as he can hold . " Mr. Dilly thought this a clear , though a familiar illustration of the phrase , " One star differeth from another in brightness . " Dr. Mayo ...
Pàgina 15
... reasons ; first , because she has the world with her , who have been praising Garrick these thirty years ; and secondly , because she is rewarded for it by Garrick . Why should she flatter me ? I can do noth- ing for her . Let her carry ...
... reasons ; first , because she has the world with her , who have been praising Garrick these thirty years ; and secondly , because she is rewarded for it by Garrick . Why should she flatter me ? I can do noth- ing for her . Let her carry ...
Pàgina 17
... reason to complain , though no more of it should be given to us . But if our only state of ex- istence were in this world , then we might with some reason complain that we are so dissatisfied with our en- joyments compared with our ...
... reason to complain , though no more of it should be given to us . But if our only state of ex- istence were in this world , then we might with some reason complain that we are so dissatisfied with our en- joyments compared with our ...
Pàgina 20
... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
Pàgina 33
... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . But of that we were not sure , till we had a positive revela- tion . " I told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it ...
... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . But of that we were not sure , till we had a positive revela- tion . " I told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it ...
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Pàgina 256 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pàgina 392 - ... tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Pàgina 292 - I recollect only — the enjoyment of hope, — the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government, — and a great degree of power, both from natural influence wisely used, and from the sanguine expectations of those who look forward to the chance of future favour.
Pàgina 23 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Pàgina 201 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command...
Pàgina 227 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Pàgina 448 - Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done and little to be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous inquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved.
Pàgina 109 - Astley to preach a sermon standing upon his head on a horse's back, he would collect a multitude to hear him ; but no wise man would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the lower classes of mankind, and among them he was of use. But when familiarity and noise claim the praise due to knowledge, art, and elegance, we must beat down such pretensions.
Pàgina 488 - ... available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity ; and make the death of Thy Son Jesus Christ effectual to my redemption. Have mercy upon me, and pardon the multitude of my offences. Bless my friends ; have mercy upon all men. Support me by Thy Holy Spirit, in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death ; and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Pàgina 175 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame ! * Unitarians. See Note VI. - in oner lie? j" Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ;* What more could fright my faith, than three in one?