The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the AuthorB. Johnson, J. Johnson and R. Johnson, 1805 - 132 pagini |
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... death , he thus described this early friend , Harry Hervey , he was a vicious man , but very kind to me . If you call a dog Hervey I shall love him . ' It is founded upon a passage in Smollet's History of the Turks , a book which he ...
... death , he thus described this early friend , Harry Hervey , he was a vicious man , but very kind to me . If you call a dog Hervey I shall love him . ' It is founded upon a passage in Smollet's History of the Turks , a book which he ...
Pagina 17
... death behind the scenes , no doubt at the suggestion of Mr. Garrick , to which if the author had attended in time , his compliance might have saved his play . However it is said that he acquiesced without a murmur in the unfavourable ...
... death behind the scenes , no doubt at the suggestion of Mr. Garrick , to which if the author had attended in time , his compliance might have saved his play . However it is said that he acquiesced without a murmur in the unfavourable ...
Pagina 18
... death , besides those in Ireland and Scotland . Sir John Hawkins relates that in the spring of 1751 , he indulged himself in a frolic of midnight revelling . This was to celebrate the birth - day of Mrs. Lennox's first literary child ...
... death , besides those in Ireland and Scotland . Sir John Hawkins relates that in the spring of 1751 , he indulged himself in a frolic of midnight revelling . This was to celebrate the birth - day of Mrs. Lennox's first literary child ...
Pagina 19
... death and burial he composed a funeral sermon for her which was never preached , but being given to a friend , it has been published since his death . The following authentic and artless account of his situa- tion after his wife's death ...
... death and burial he composed a funeral sermon for her which was never preached , but being given to a friend , it has been published since his death . The following authentic and artless account of his situa- tion after his wife's death ...
Pagina 20
... death of Mr. Cave , January the 10th , 1754 , afforded Johnson an opportunity of shewing his re- gard for his early patron by writing his life , which was published in the Gentleman's Magazine for Fe- ( bruary in the end of July he ...
... death of Mr. Cave , January the 10th , 1754 , afforded Johnson an opportunity of shewing his re- gard for his early patron by writing his life , which was published in the Gentleman's Magazine for Fe- ( bruary in the end of July he ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold bless bosom breast breathe charms Circassia Collins death delight e'en ECLOGUE English language ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flowers foes Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine gold golden reign grace grief grove happy hear heart heaven honour hope hour Johnson Juvenal kings language light literary live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd lover lyre maid maze of fate merit Metastasio mind mirth moral mournful Murphy muse myrtle nature nature's night numbers Nymph o'er passions peaceful Pity plain pleasure poem poet poetical pow'r praise pride rage Rambler Rasselas reign Rio verde rise Samuel Johnson SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scenes scorn shade shews shine sighs sing Sir John Hawkins skies smile soft sooth soul spreads Spring Stella sweet thee thine thou thought Thrale toil truth vale verse virtue virtue's voice wealth wild wise writings youth
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Pagina 22 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Pagina 21 - 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.
Pagina 67 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Pagina 19 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring ' Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Pagina 69 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Pagina 58 - With every 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 dogdays, in December sweat. How, when competitors like these contend, Can surly Virtue hope to fix a friend...
Pagina 58 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Pagina 80 - 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 99 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pagina 68 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th