The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy]. Poems, and talesW. Pickering, 1825 |
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... considered as a patron of literature . Cave had an- nounced , by public advertisement , a prize of fifty pounds for the best poem on life , death , judgment , heaven , and hell ; and this circumstance diffused an idea of his liberality ...
... considered as a patron of literature . Cave had an- nounced , by public advertisement , a prize of fifty pounds for the best poem on life , death , judgment , heaven , and hell ; and this circumstance diffused an idea of his liberality ...
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... considered the foreign philosopher as a man zealous in the cause of religion ; and with him he was willing to join against the system of the fatalists , and the doc- trine of Leibnitz . It is well known , that Warburton wrote a vin ...
... considered the foreign philosopher as a man zealous in the cause of religion ; and with him he was willing to join against the system of the fatalists , and the doc- trine of Leibnitz . It is well known , that Warburton wrote a vin ...
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... considered as a sacred obligation , insomuch that , in relating the most minute anecdote , he would not allow himself the smallest addition to embellish his story . The late Mr. Tyers , who knew Dr. John- son intimately , observed ...
... considered as a sacred obligation , insomuch that , in relating the most minute anecdote , he would not allow himself the smallest addition to embellish his story . The late Mr. Tyers , who knew Dr. John- son intimately , observed ...
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... considered , as Johnson's great work . It was the basis of that high reputation , which went on increasing to the end of his days . The circulation of those periodical essays was not , at first , equal to their merit . They had not ...
... considered , as Johnson's great work . It was the basis of that high reputation , which went on increasing to the end of his days . The circulation of those periodical essays was not , at first , equal to their merit . They had not ...
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... considered an evil , and regarded even as similar to that produced by the doc- trines of Voltaire , Bolingbroke , and Rousseau , who combined every thing venerable on earth with ridicule , treated virtue and vice , with equal ...
... considered an evil , and regarded even as similar to that produced by the doc- trines of Voltaire , Bolingbroke , and Rousseau , who combined every thing venerable on earth with ridicule , treated virtue and vice , with equal ...
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Página 265 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Página 170 - Or we sometimes pass an hour Under a green willow, That defends us from a shower — Making earth our pillow : Where we may Think and pray, Before death Stops our breath : Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented.— Jo.
Página 220 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet : he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Página lxxiii - 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 239 - He speaks, and attention watches his lips. He reasons, and conviction closes his periods. This man shall be my future guide : I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty," said Imlac, " to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality : they discourse like angels, but they live like men.
Página lii - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 291 - There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command. No man will be found, in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope, or fear, beyond the limits of sober probability.
Página xxxi - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
Página 10 - How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe? Attentive truth and nature to descry, And pierce each scene with philosophic eye. To thee were solemn toys or empty show...
Página 16 - While growing hopes scarce awe the gath'ring sneer, And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear; The watchful guests still hint the last offence; The daughter's petulance the son's expense, Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will.