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... praise , and even to form a posthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of such a writer , there is , be- sides , a rule of justice to which the public have an un- doubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship ...
... praise , and even to form a posthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of such a writer , there is , be- sides , a rule of justice to which the public have an un- doubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship ...
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Samuel Johnson. Yet still my calmer thoughts his choice commend ; I praise the hermit , but regret the friend ; Resolv'd at length , from vice and London far , To breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And fix'd on Cambria's solitary ...
Samuel Johnson. Yet still my calmer thoughts his choice commend ; I praise the hermit , but regret the friend ; Resolv'd at length , from vice and London far , To breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And fix'd on Cambria's solitary ...
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... praise subsided , he opened with these words ; " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter Street . " The company was struck with astonishment . After staring at each other in silent amaze , Dr. Francis asked , * Afterwards Earl of ...
... praise subsided , he opened with these words ; " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter Street . " The company was struck with astonishment . After staring at each other in silent amaze , Dr. Francis asked , * Afterwards Earl of ...
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... praise , in the Life of Šav- age . With the same spirit of independence with which he wished to live , it was now his pride to write . He communicated his plan to none of his friends ; he desir- ed no assistance , relying entirely on ...
... praise , in the Life of Šav- age . With the same spirit of independence with which he wished to live , it was now his pride to write . He communicated his plan to none of his friends ; he desir- ed no assistance , relying entirely on ...
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... praise ; and this was un- derstood , at the time , to be a courtly way of soliciting a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . Johnson treated this civility with disdain . He said to Garrick and oth- ers , " I have sailed a long and ...
... praise ; and this was un- derstood , at the time , to be a courtly way of soliciting a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . Johnson treated this civility with disdain . He said to Garrick and oth- ers , " I have sailed a long and ...
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Página 83 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 156 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain...
Página 154 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy Cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate Fumes in Vain; Should Beauty blunt on Fops...
Página 51 - To the Right Honourable the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietors of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, 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 the...
Página 52 - 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...
Página 160 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Página 52 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour.
Página 144 - But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold; Where won by bribes, by flatteries implor'd, The groom retails the favours of his lord. But hark! th...
Página 10 - ... wherever human nature is to be found, there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced, in most countries, their particular inconveniences by particular favours.
Página 163 - 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: His pow'rful Strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the Breast.