The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen1Talboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
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... Thrale , on her completing her thirty - fifth year .. ... ib . 143 ib . 144 ib . ib . 145 ib . ib . Impromptu ... Thrale ... 153 POEMATA 155 Prefatory observations to the history of Rasselas Rasselas , prince of Abissinia 195 199 LETTERS ...
... Thrale , on her completing her thirty - fifth year .. ... ib . 143 ib . 144 ib . ib . 145 ib . ib . Impromptu ... Thrale ... 153 POEMATA 155 Prefatory observations to the history of Rasselas Rasselas , prince of Abissinia 195 199 LETTERS ...
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... Thrale ; evidently supposing their sentence to have been already passed in the divine mind ; and , by consequence , proving , that he had no belief in a state of purgatory , and no reason for praying for the dead that could impeach the ...
... Thrale ; evidently supposing their sentence to have been already passed in the divine mind ; and , by consequence , proving , that he had no belief in a state of purgatory , and no reason for praying for the dead that could impeach the ...
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... Thrale and his family . Mrs. Piozzi has related the fact , and it is , therefore , needless to repeat it in this place . The au- thor of this narrative looks back to the share he had in that bu- siness , with self - congratulation ...
... Thrale and his family . Mrs. Piozzi has related the fact , and it is , therefore , needless to repeat it in this place . The au- thor of this narrative looks back to the share he had in that bu- siness , with self - congratulation ...
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... Thrale to promote the happiness , and establish the health of their guest , was studiously performed from that time to the end of Mr. Thrale's life . Johnson accom- panied the family , in all their summer excursions , to Brighthelm ...
... Thrale to promote the happiness , and establish the health of their guest , was studiously performed from that time to the end of Mr. Thrale's life . Johnson accom- panied the family , in all their summer excursions , to Brighthelm ...
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... Thrale . His own words , in his diary , will best tell that melancholy event . " On Wednes- day , the 11th of April , was buried my dear friend Mr. Thrale , who died on Wednesday , the 4th , and with him were buried many of my hopes and ...
... Thrale . His own words , in his diary , will best tell that melancholy event . " On Wednes- day , the 11th of April , was buried my dear friend Mr. Thrale , who died on Wednesday , the 4th , and with him were buried many of my hopes and ...
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Página 15 - 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
Página 19 - 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; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Página lvi - 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 17 - 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...
Página 206 - is much to be desired; but I am afraid that no man will be able to breathe in these regions of speculation and tranquillity.
Página xxxv - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord...
Página 215 - The business of a poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which...
Página 259 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Página lxxvii - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Página 18 - 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 pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.