The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's LifeDavid Allinson, 1816 - 140 pagini |
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... poet ; and few have possessed them in a higher degree than the author in question . His imitations of two satires of Juvenal , under the title of London , " and " The Vanity of Human Wishes , " are , per haps , the most manly ...
... poet ; and few have possessed them in a higher degree than the author in question . His imitations of two satires of Juvenal , under the title of London , " and " The Vanity of Human Wishes , " are , per haps , the most manly ...
Pagina 35
... poet . Mr. Malone confesses , that Johnson's vi- gorous and comprehensive understanding , threw more light on this author than all his prede- cessors had done ; -His preface is pronounc- ed by Mr. Malone to be the finest composition in ...
... poet . Mr. Malone confesses , that Johnson's vi- gorous and comprehensive understanding , threw more light on this author than all his prede- cessors had done ; -His preface is pronounc- ed by Mr. Malone to be the finest composition in ...
Pagina 48
... poet . As a philologist we need only to refer to his Dictionary of the English language , as its utility is universally acknowledged , and its popularity its best eulogium ; the etymologies however , though they exhibit learning and ...
... poet . As a philologist we need only to refer to his Dictionary of the English language , as its utility is universally acknowledged , and its popularity its best eulogium ; the etymologies however , though they exhibit learning and ...
Pagina 57
... poet , the merit of Johnson , though con- siderable , yet falls short of that which he has dis- played in those provinces of literature in which we have already surveyed him . Ratiocination prevailed in Johnson more than sensibility ...
... poet , the merit of Johnson , though con- siderable , yet falls short of that which he has dis- played in those provinces of literature in which we have already surveyed him . Ratiocination prevailed in Johnson more than sensibility ...
Pagina 65
... hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear , tho ' Britain's court he sing , To pluck a titled poet's borrow'd wing ; A statesman's logick unconvinc'd can hear , And dare to LONDON .
... hope remains for me , Who start at theft , and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear , tho ' Britain's court he sing , To pluck a titled poet's borrow'd wing ; A statesman's logick unconvinc'd can hear , And dare to LONDON .
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Pagina 25 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Pagina 24 - 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 87 - 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 64 - On Thames's banks in silent thought we stood, Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood; Struck with the seat that gave Eliza birth, We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth; In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view: Behold her cross triumphant on the main, The guard of commerce and the dread of Spain, Ere masquerades debauch'd, excise oppress'd, Or English honour grew a standing jest.
Pagina 74 - 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 118 - Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is Strange, yet nothing new: Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong; Phrase that Time has flung away; Uncouth words in disarray, Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
Pagina 68 - With ev'ry wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dog-days, in December sweat. * How, when competitors, like these, contend, Can surly virtue hope to fix a friend...
Pagina 109 - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die.
Pagina 82 - 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 24 - 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...