The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... fair and upright character . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die , " quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit precor ) " de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scilicet libras , " accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea ...
... fair and upright character . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die , " quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit precor ) " de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scilicet libras , " accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea ...
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... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in Janu- ary , 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and to awaken the ...
... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in Janu- ary , 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and to awaken the ...
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... fair copy . Whatever may be the logic or eloquence of the False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whe- ther they have not left materials for a future controversy , may be made a ...
... fair copy . Whatever may be the logic or eloquence of the False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whe- ther they have not left materials for a future controversy , may be made a ...
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... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he 66 may have been surprised by modes of life , " and appearances of nature , that are familiar " to men of wider survey , and more varied con- " versation ...
... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he 66 may have been surprised by modes of life , " and appearances of nature , that are familiar " to men of wider survey , and more varied con- " versation ...
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... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was intended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Litchfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was intended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Litchfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
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Página 157 - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Página 32 - 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 55 - 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 50 - Why, Sir, it is a very harmless doctrine. They are of opinion that the generality of mankind are neither so obstinately wicked as to deserve everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, Sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.