Lives of Milton and AddisonWilliam Blackwood and Son, 1900 - 209 páginas |
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... won . In a cold , stinging , independent letter one of his very best productions in prose - he 1 The letter is quoted in the Appendix . tells Chesterfield what he thinks of his patronage : " xviii JOHNSON'S MILTON AND ADDISON .
... won . In a cold , stinging , independent letter one of his very best productions in prose - he 1 The letter is quoted in the Appendix . tells Chesterfield what he thinks of his patronage : " xviii JOHNSON'S MILTON AND ADDISON .
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Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff. tells Chesterfield what he thinks of his patronage : " Is not a patron , my Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water , and when he has reached ground , encumbers him ...
Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff. tells Chesterfield what he thinks of his patronage : " Is not a patron , my Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water , and when he has reached ground , encumbers him ...
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... render him in- capable of full sympathy , as when he scolded Boswell for shivering , or silenced his fellow - traveller in a post - chaise who complained of headache , by telling him , " xxiv JOHNSON'S MILTON AND ADDISON .
... render him in- capable of full sympathy , as when he scolded Boswell for shivering , or silenced his fellow - traveller in a post - chaise who complained of headache , by telling him , " xxiv JOHNSON'S MILTON AND ADDISON .
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Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff. who complained of headache , by telling him , " At your age , sir , I had no headache . ” With great unconscious humour he once remarked , " I look upon myself as a good - humoured fellow . ” It was too ...
Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff. who complained of headache , by telling him , " At your age , sir , I had no headache . ” With great unconscious humour he once remarked , " I look upon myself as a good - humoured fellow . ” It was too ...
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... tells Boswell elsewhere , " with a duke " ; or again , " Madam , I am very fond of the company of ladies : I like their beauty : I like their delicacy : I like their vivacity : and I like their silence ! " He was a man , then , with a ...
... tells Boswell elsewhere , " with a duke " ; or again , " Madam , I am very fond of the company of ladies : I like their beauty : I like their delicacy : I like their vivacity : and I like their silence ! " He was a man , then , with a ...
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Página 199 - Seven years, my Lord, have now past, 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 198 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Página 200 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 202 - Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale, Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well...
Página 13 - ... 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...
Página 204 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. (Laying his hand on his sword.) Thus am I doubly arm'd: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. This in a moment brings me to an end; But this informs me I shall never die. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
Página 6 - ... that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Página 201 - BLINDNESS ] When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, • And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, 6 ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Página 203 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 192 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...