The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... wealth and devotion . Hence we have sufficient proof , that these nations always paid adoration to the Deity of this famous river . " As to the course of the Nile , its waters , after their first rise , run towards the east , about the ...
... wealth and devotion . Hence we have sufficient proof , that these nations always paid adoration to the Deity of this famous river . " As to the course of the Nile , its waters , after their first rise , run towards the east , about the ...
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... wealth and plenty into Egypt , which owes to the annual inundations of this river its envied fertility . Lobo knows nothing of the Nile in the rest of its passage , ex- * After comparing this description with that lately given by Mr ...
... wealth and plenty into Egypt , which owes to the annual inundations of this river its envied fertility . Lobo knows nothing of the Nile in the rest of its passage , ex- * After comparing this description with that lately given by Mr ...
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... wealth . Amidst such attentions , who can wonder that cold praise has been often the only reward of merit ? In this country Doctor Nathaniel Hodges , who , like the good bishop of Marseilles , drew purer breath amidst the contagion of ...
... wealth . Amidst such attentions , who can wonder that cold praise has been often the only reward of merit ? In this country Doctor Nathaniel Hodges , who , like the good bishop of Marseilles , drew purer breath amidst the contagion of ...
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... wealth the small remains , On Thames's banks , in silent thought we stood Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood ; Struck with the seat that gave ELIZA * birth , We kneel and kiss the consecrated earth ; In pleasing dreams the ...
... wealth the small remains , On Thames's banks , in silent thought we stood Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood ; Struck with the seat that gave ELIZA * birth , We kneel and kiss the consecrated earth ; In pleasing dreams the ...
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... wealth , our lives , your own . To such , the plunder of a land is giv❜n , When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n : But what , my friend , what hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who scarce ...
... wealth , our lives , your own . To such , the plunder of a land is giv❜n , When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n : But what , my friend , what hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who scarce ...
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Página 152 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Página 153 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Página 115 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Página 157 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Página 150 - The liv'r.it£i army, and the menial lord. With age, with cares, with maladies, oppress'd, He seeks the refuge of monastic rest. Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.
Página 28 - The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on 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 151 - Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter...
Página 156 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and...
Página 36 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 158 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.