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... Lord Chesterfield said of Swift , may be as truly applied to this author , " Whoever in the three kingdoms has any books at all , has Johnson . ” In this edition , I have taken the liberty to omit " Cebes ' Table , or the Picture of ...
... Lord Chesterfield said of Swift , may be as truly applied to this author , " Whoever in the three kingdoms has any books at all , has Johnson . ” In this edition , I have taken the liberty to omit " Cebes ' Table , or the Picture of ...
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... Lord , what is " that ? " " Hypocrisy , my dear Doctor . " . Johnson had a younger brother named Na- thaniel , who died at the age of twenty - seven or twenty - eight . Michael Johnson , the fa- ther , was chosen in the year 1718 Under ...
... Lord , what is " that ? " " Hypocrisy , my dear Doctor . " . Johnson had a younger brother named Na- thaniel , who died at the age of twenty - seven or twenty - eight . Michael Johnson , the fa- ther , was chosen in the year 1718 Under ...
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... Lord Gower was induced to write to a friend , in order to obtain for Johnson a master's degree in the University of Dublin , by the recommenda- tion of Dr. Swift . The letter was printed in one of the Magazines , and is as follows : 66 ...
... Lord Gower was induced to write to a friend , in order to obtain for Johnson a master's degree in the University of Dublin , by the recommenda- tion of Dr. Swift . The letter was printed in one of the Magazines , and is as follows : 66 ...
Pagina 40
... Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called GUSTAVUS VASA , by Henry Brooke . Under the mask of irony Johnson published , " of the Licenser from the malicious and " scandalous Aspersions of Mr. Brooke . " Of ...
... Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called GUSTAVUS VASA , by Henry Brooke . Under the mask of irony Johnson published , " of the Licenser from the malicious and " scandalous Aspersions of Mr. Brooke . " Of ...
Pagina 43
... Lords in February , 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splendor of language , displayed in the several speeches , are well known , and universally admired . The whole has been collected in two volumes by Mr ...
... Lords in February , 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splendor of language , displayed in the several speeches , are well known , and universally admired . The whole has been collected in two volumes by Mr ...
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Pagina 44 - 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.
Pagina 190 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Pagina 139 - 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.
Pagina 76 - ... 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. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pagina 187 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Pagina 182 - 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...
Pagina 183 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Pagina 175 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Pagina 187 - 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?
Pagina 55 - ... 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...