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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... thought , and correctness of versification , are the princi- pal requisites for the moral 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 ...
... thought , and correctness of versification , are the princi- pal requisites for the moral 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 ...
Pagina 9
... thought , completely finished and fit for the stage , he solicited Mr. Fleetwood , the manager of Drury Lane Theatre , to bring it out at his house ; but Mr. Fleetwood declined re- ceiving it soon after , he was employed by Mr. Cave as ...
... thought , completely finished and fit for the stage , he solicited Mr. Fleetwood , the manager of Drury Lane Theatre , to bring it out at his house ; but Mr. Fleetwood declined re- ceiving it soon after , he was employed by Mr. Cave as ...
Pagina 11
... thought it creditable to be concerned in it - Dodsley gave him ten pounds for the copy . It is remarkable , that it came out the same morning with Pope's Satire , entitled ' One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight ' - Pope was so ...
... thought it creditable to be concerned in it - Dodsley gave him ten pounds for the copy . It is remarkable , that it came out the same morning with Pope's Satire , entitled ' One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight ' - Pope was so ...
Pagina 26
... thought the mention of it could not pro- perly find place in a letter of this kind . Lord Chesterfield read the letter to Dodsley with an air of indifference , smiled at the several pas- sages , and observed how well they were ex ...
... thought the mention of it could not pro- perly find place in a letter of this kind . Lord Chesterfield read the letter to Dodsley with an air of indifference , smiled at the several pas- sages , and observed how well they were ex ...
Pagina 36
... thought he had written enough . And so should I too , ' replied the king , ' if you had not written so well . ' Johnson was highly pleased with his majesty's courteousness , and afterwards observed to a friend- Sir , his manners are ...
... thought he had written enough . And so should I too , ' replied the king , ' if you had not written so well . ' Johnson was highly pleased with his majesty's courteousness , and afterwards observed to a friend- Sir , his manners are ...
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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...