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 16
... reason whereof , was a failure of pecuniary fupplies from his father ; but meeting with another fource , the bounty , as it is fuppofed , of fome one or more of the members of the cathedral , he returned , and made up the whole of his ...
... reason whereof , was a failure of pecuniary fupplies from his father ; but meeting with another fource , the bounty , as it is fuppofed , of fome one or more of the members of the cathedral , he returned , and made up the whole of his ...
Pagina 28
... reason to diftruft your generofity . If you engage in any literary projects befides this A prize of fifty pounds for the best poem on Life , Death , Judgment , Heaven and Hell . ' paper , C paper , I have other designs to impart , 28 ...
... reason to diftruft your generofity . If you engage in any literary projects befides this A prize of fifty pounds for the best poem on Life , Death , Judgment , Heaven and Hell . ' paper , C paper , I have other designs to impart , 28 ...
Pagina 79
... reason of this feems to be , that in that kind of writing the author is compelled to advance pofitions which no reader can think he believes , and to put queftions that can be answered in but one way , and that fuch an one as thwarts ...
... reason of this feems to be , that in that kind of writing the author is compelled to advance pofitions which no reader can think he believes , and to put queftions that can be answered in but one way , and that fuch an one as thwarts ...
Pagina 125
... reason , or tranfport them to fuch expreffions as the dignity of this affembly does not ⚫ admit . I have hitherto deferred to answer the gentleman who declaimed against the bill with fuch fluency of rhetoric , and fuch vehemence of ...
... reason , or tranfport them to fuch expreffions as the dignity of this affembly does not ⚫ admit . I have hitherto deferred to answer the gentleman who declaimed against the bill with fuch fluency of rhetoric , and fuch vehemence of ...
Pagina 146
... from fwelling their works with repe- titions , or incumbering them with fuperfluities , and who , therefore , deferve the praife and gratitude of pofterity , posterity , are forgotten , for the very reason for 146 THE LIFE OF.
... from fwelling their works with repe- titions , or incumbering them with fuperfluities , and who , therefore , deferve the praife and gratitude of pofterity , posterity , are forgotten , for the very reason for 146 THE LIFE OF.
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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.