The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... observed to the writer of this article , " Sir , I always said , the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I ...
... observed to the writer of this article , " Sir , I always said , the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I ...
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... observe the fair hand of Mrs. Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally in- 1 Thus : - " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a reference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long ...
... observe the fair hand of Mrs. Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally in- 1 Thus : - " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a reference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long ...
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... observations on the opera of King Arthur furnish a striking instance of the truth of this remark . - Malone . * The original reading is enclosed in crotchets and the present one is printed in italics . " To conceive and execute the ...
... observations on the opera of King Arthur furnish a striking instance of the truth of this remark . - Malone . * The original reading is enclosed in crotchets and the present one is printed in italics . " To conceive and execute the ...
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... observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's Paradise Lost ; and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fair rhyme , but ...
... observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's Paradise Lost ; and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fair rhyme , but ...
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... so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural , that he did not esteem them in others . " It may indeed be observed , that in all the numerous writings of Johnson , whether in ET . 72 . 9 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural , that he did not esteem them in others . " It may indeed be observed , that in all the numerous writings of Johnson , whether in ET . 72 . 9 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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Página 306 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff d bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 9 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering 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. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Página 222 - 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 possessed.
Página 51 - The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 59 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humor, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.