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Pagina 84
... hear him repeating , from Shakspeare , 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 , and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery foods ...
... hear him repeating , from Shakspeare , 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 , and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery foods ...
Pagina 87
Samuel Johnson. to honour me with your patronage , I did not expect to hear of a refusal ; yet , as I have had no long time to brood hopes , and have not rioted in imaginary opulence , this cold reception has been scarce a disappointment ...
Samuel Johnson. to honour me with your patronage , I did not expect to hear of a refusal ; yet , as I have had no long time to brood hopes , and have not rioted in imaginary opulence , this cold reception has been scarce a disappointment ...
Pagina 95
... hear of the Punic war , he would be rude to the person that introduced the subject . Johnson was born a logician ; one of those , to whom only books of logic are said to be of use . In conse- quence of his skill in that art , he loved ...
... hear of the Punic war , he would be rude to the person that introduced the subject . Johnson was born a logician ; one of those , to whom only books of logic are said to be of use . In conse- quence of his skill in that art , he loved ...
Pagina 126
... heap of conjectural causes of human passions or human caprice . It is the speech of the late unhappy Dr. William Dodd , when he was about to hear the sentence of the law pronounced upon him 126 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... heap of conjectural causes of human passions or human caprice . It is the speech of the late unhappy Dr. William Dodd , when he was about to hear the sentence of the law pronounced upon him 126 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
Pagina 127
Samuel Johnson. to hear the sentence of the law pronounced upon him , in consequence of an indictment for forgery . The voice of the public has given the honour of manufacturing this speech to Dr. Johnson ; and the style and ...
Samuel Johnson. to hear the sentence of the law pronounced upon him , in consequence of an indictment for forgery . The voice of the public has given the honour of manufacturing this speech to Dr. Johnson ; and the style and ...
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Pagina 83 - 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...
Pagina 156 - 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain...
Pagina 154 - 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...
Pagina 51 - To the Right Honourable the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietors of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, 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 the...
Pagina 52 - When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Pagina 160 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Pagina 52 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour.
Pagina 144 - But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold; Where won by bribes, by flatteries implor'd, The groom retails the favours of his lord. But hark! th...
Pagina 10 - ... wherever human nature is to be found, there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced, in most countries, their particular inconveniences by particular favours.
Pagina 163 - WHEN Learning's Triumph o'er her barb'rous Foes First rear'd the Stage, immortal Shakespeare 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: His pow'rful Strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the Breast.