The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 30
Pagina 27
... fear there is more difficulty in this affair " than these good - natured gentlemen appre- " hend , especially as their election cannot be " delayed longer than the 11th of next month . " If you see this matter in the same light that ...
... fear there is more difficulty in this affair " than these good - natured gentlemen appre- " hend , especially as their election cannot be " delayed longer than the 11th of next month . " If you see this matter in the same light that ...
Pagina 91
... ; ' 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 floods And from Milton , Who would lose , For fear GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 91.
... ; ' 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 floods And from Milton , Who would lose , For fear GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 91.
Pagina 92
Samuel Johnson. And from Milton , Who would lose , For fear of pain , this intellectual being ? By the death of Mrs. Williams he was left in a state of destitution , with nobody but Frank , his black servant , to sooth his anxious ...
Samuel Johnson. And from Milton , Who would lose , For fear of pain , this intellectual being ? By the death of Mrs. Williams he was left in a state of destitution , with nobody but Frank , his black servant , to sooth his anxious ...
Pagina 124
... fear of the same dreadful visita- tion ; from one who says emphatically , " Of " the uncertainties in our present state , the " most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain " continuance of reason . " The enquiry into the cause of ...
... fear of the same dreadful visita- tion ; from one who says emphatically , " Of " the uncertainties in our present state , the " most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain " continuance of reason . " The enquiry into the cause of ...
Pagina 156
... fear , desire and hate , O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate , ' Where wav'ring man , betray'd by vent'rous pride , To chase the dreary paths without a guide , As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude , Shuns fancied ills ...
... fear , desire and hate , O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate , ' Where wav'ring man , betray'd by vent'rous pride , To chase the dreary paths without a guide , As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude , Shuns fancied ills ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
ABDALLA Addison ASPASIA Bassa beauty Behold bookseller breast CALI called CARAZA charms Colley Cibber crimes death DEMETRIUS doom dread Earse edition elegant essays ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear foes Garrick gen'ral genius Gentleman's Magazine Greece guilt Hæc happy HASAN heart Heav'n honour hope hour Inculto IRENE Irene's Johnson joys king labours late LEONTIUS Lichfield live Lobo Lord Lucy Porter ludicra MAHOMET mihi Milton mind MURZA MUSTAPHA never nunc o'er passions peace perhaps pleasure poem poet Pope pow'r praise prayer pride publick quæ quam Quid quod rage Rambler reason SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL Savage says SCENE scorn shade Shakspeare shews shine Sir John Hawkins slaves smile soul square miles Stella Sultan thee thine thou thought Thrale tibi tion toil translation truth Turkish vice virtue vitæ voice wealth wish writer written
Pasaje populare
Pagina 166 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. 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...
Pagina 167 - 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.
Pagina 43 - ... 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...
Pagina 156 - 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 282 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five : For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely...
Pagina 34 - 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 56 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Pagina 57 - 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.
Pagina 162 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Pagina 157 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.