The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Pagina 6
... must I write ? Why write , anfwered he , fo : Here lies good Master Duck , That Samuel Johnfon trod on , Ift had liv'd ' twould have been good luck , For then there'd been an odd one . and fhe wrote accordingly , Being arrived at a ...
... must I write ? Why write , anfwered he , fo : Here lies good Master Duck , That Samuel Johnfon trod on , Ift had liv'd ' twould have been good luck , For then there'd been an odd one . and fhe wrote accordingly , Being arrived at a ...
Pagina 11
... must have actuated his unknown benefactor , that , with all the indignation of an infulted man , he threw them away . He may be supposed to have been under the age of twenty , when this imaginary indignity was offered him , a period of ...
... must have actuated his unknown benefactor , that , with all the indignation of an infulted man , he threw them away . He may be supposed to have been under the age of twenty , when this imaginary indignity was offered him , a period of ...
Pagina 38
... must have been fome interval between the times of writing the first and the laft . The firft is dated in 1737 , and , as it contains a recommendation of Gar- rick to Mr. Colfon , for inftruction in mathematics , philofophy , and human ...
... must have been fome interval between the times of writing the first and the laft . The firft is dated in 1737 , and , as it contains a recommendation of Gar- rick to Mr. Colfon , for inftruction in mathematics , philofophy , and human ...
Pagina 39
... must be ima- gined , the instruction of fo fmall a number of scholars as were under his care , left him at leifure to purfue his private D4 private studies and amusements , which , for the most DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 39 of turning out a ...
... must be ima- gined , the instruction of fo fmall a number of scholars as were under his care , left him at leifure to purfue his private D4 private studies and amusements , which , for the most DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 39 of turning out a ...
Pagina 40
... must fuppofe fome employed in the contemplation of his fortunes , the means of improving them , and of refifting the adverfe accidents to which human life is expofed , and of which he had already had fome experience . The stage holds ...
... must fuppofe fome employed in the contemplation of his fortunes , the means of improving them , and of refifting the adverfe accidents to which human life is expofed , and of which he had already had fome experience . The stage holds ...
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Pasaje populare
Pagina 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Pagina 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Pagina 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Pagina 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Pagina 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Pagina 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Pagina 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Pagina 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Pagina 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Pagina 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.