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... Erse poetry , Danger of a knowledge of musick . The propriety of settling our affairs so as to be always prepared for death . Religion and literary attainments not to be described to young persons as too hard . Recep- tion of the ...
... Erse poetry , Danger of a knowledge of musick . The propriety of settling our affairs so as to be always prepared for death . Religion and literary attainments not to be described to young persons as too hard . Recep- tion of the ...
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... Erse language , and expressed his belief in the authenticity of Ossian's Poetry . Dr. Johnson took the opposite side of that perplexed question ; and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had ...
... Erse language , and expressed his belief in the authenticity of Ossian's Poetry . Dr. Johnson took the opposite side of that perplexed question ; and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had ...
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... Erse song . " I'll warrant you ( said Dr. Johnson ) one of the songs of Ossian . " He then repeated these lines : " Verse sweetens toil , however rude the sound . All at her work the village maiden sings ; Nor while she turns the giddy ...
... Erse song . " I'll warrant you ( said Dr. Johnson ) one of the songs of Ossian . " He then repeated these lines : " Verse sweetens toil , however rude the sound . All at her work the village maiden sings ; Nor while she turns the giddy ...
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... Erse . She answered with a tone of emotion , saying , ( as he told us ) she was afraid we wanted to go to bed to her . This coquetry , or whatever it may be called , of so wretched a being , was truly ludicrous . Dr. Johnson and I ...
... Erse . She answered with a tone of emotion , saying , ( as he told us ) she was afraid we wanted to go to bed to her . This coquetry , or whatever it may be called , of so wretched a being , was truly ludicrous . Dr. Johnson and I ...
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... Erse . We dined at a little publick house called the General's Hut , from General Wade , who was lodged there when he commanded in the North . Near it is the meanest parish Kirk I ever saw . It is a shame it should be on a high road ...
... Erse . We dined at a little publick house called the General's Hut , from General Wade , who was lodged there when he commanded in the North . Near it is the meanest parish Kirk I ever saw . It is a shame it should be on a high road ...
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Página 215 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 176 - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
Página 183 - Marmor Norfolciense ; or, an Essay on an Ancient Prophetical Inscription, in Monkish Rhyme, lately discovered near Lynne, in Norfolk, by Probus Britannicus...
Página 71 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Página 179 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Página 353 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Página 112 - I may lament it, I have no pretence to resent, as it has not been injurious to me: I therefore breathe out one sigh more of tenderness, perhaps useless, but at least sincere. I wish that God may grant you every blessing, that you may be happy in this world for its short continuance, and eternally happy in a better state ; and whatever I can contribute to your happiness I am very ready to repay, for that kindness which soothed twenty years of a life radically wretched.
Página 181 - ... was in him true, evident, and actual wisdom. His moral precepts are practical, for they are drawn from an intimate acquaintance with human nature. His maxims carry conviction ; for they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery that he might have been perpetually a poet...
Página 8 - It having been argued that this was an improvement.—" No, Sir," said he, eagerly, " it is not an improvement: they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
Página 385 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.