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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... pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown , Behold our fame , our wealth , our lives , your own . To such the plunder of a land is giv'n , When publick crimes inflame the wrath of heaven : But what , my friend , what ...
... pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown , Behold our fame , our wealth , our lives , your own . To such the plunder of a land is giv'n , When publick crimes inflame the wrath of heaven : But what , my friend , what ...
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... pow'r , Some pompous palace , or some blissful bow'r , Aghast you start , and scarce , with aching sight , Sustain th ' approaching fire's tremendous light ; Swift from pursuing horrours take your way , And leave your little ALL to ...
... pow'r , Some pompous palace , or some blissful bow'r , Aghast you start , and scarce , with aching sight , Sustain th ' approaching fire's tremendous light ; Swift from pursuing horrours take your way , And leave your little ALL to ...
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... pow'r advances pow'r ; Till conquest , unresisted , ceas'd to please , And rights , submitted , left him none to seize . At length his sov'reign frowns - the train of state Mark the keen glance , and watch the sign to hate . Where'er he ...
... pow'r advances pow'r ; Till conquest , unresisted , ceas'd to please , And rights , submitted , left him none to seize . At length his sov'reign frowns - the train of state Mark the keen glance , and watch the sign to hate . Where'er he ...
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... pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , Till fame supplies the universal charm . Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states , their grandsires ' wreaths regret ...
... pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , Till fame supplies the universal charm . Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states , their grandsires ' wreaths regret ...
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... pow'r , With unexpected legions bursts away , And sees defenceless realms receive his sway ; — Short sway ! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's ...
... pow'r , With unexpected legions bursts away , And sees defenceless realms receive his sway ; — Short sway ! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's ...
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ABDALLA Ashbourne ASPASIA bassa beauty Boswell breast CALI called CARAZA CHAP charms Colley Cibber danger dear death delight DEMETRIUS distress dread elegant essays ev'ry eyes fate fear folly Garrick Gentleman's Magazine guilt happy hear heart heav'n honour hope hour human Imlac IRENE island Johnson labour lady learned LEONTIUS letter Lichfield live lord Lydiat MAHOMET maid mihi mind mountains MUSTAPHA nature Nekayah never night nunc o'er once passion Pekuah perhaps pleased pleasure poet pow'r praise prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess quæ quod Raarsa rage Rambler Rasselas reason rocks SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL says SCENE sir John Hawkins Skie smile soon sorrow soul square miles Streatham sultan suppose terrour thee thine thing thou thought THRALE tibi tion travelled truth virtue vitæ wish wonder write
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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.