The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Volumen41807 |
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... method , and possessed of little genius . He wrote Latin verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia ; ' in which he shews 6 so little learning or taste in writing , as to 2 THE LIFE OF.
... method , and possessed of little genius . He wrote Latin verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia ; ' in which he shews 6 so little learning or taste in writing , as to 2 THE LIFE OF.
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... shew . As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original and indeed only manuscript of this admi- rable work , I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off ...
... shew . As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original and indeed only manuscript of this admi- rable work , I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off ...
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... shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall ex- clude Pope will not easily be made . Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the ...
... shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall ex- clude Pope will not easily be made . Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the ...
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... shew little wit and [ no ] little virtue . " [ Perhaps ] certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyrick poetry . " Various readings in the Life of TICKELL . [ " Longed ] long wished to peruse it . " At the ...
... shew little wit and [ no ] little virtue . " [ Perhaps ] certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyrick poetry . " Various readings in the Life of TICKELL . [ " Longed ] long wished to peruse it . " At the ...
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... shew where they think me wrong . ' 99 While my friend is thus contemplated in the splen- dour derived from his last and perhaps most admira- ble work , I introduce him with peculiar propriety as the correspondent of WARREN HASTINGS ! a ...
... shew where they think me wrong . ' 99 While my friend is thus contemplated in the splen- dour derived from his last and perhaps most admira- ble work , I introduce him with peculiar propriety as the correspondent of WARREN HASTINGS ! a ...
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Página 436 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 326 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 111 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Página 149 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 111 - ... similitude: sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, .in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Página 45 - ... felt; and produced sentiments not such as Nature enforces, but meditation supplies. With the simple and elemental passions as they spring separate in the mind, he seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.
Página 111 - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, such as reason teacheth and proveth things by, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
Página 31 - Depend upon it, said he, that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
Página 202 - It having been argued that this was an improvement.—" No, Sir," said he, eagerly, " it is not an improvement: they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
Página 468 - ... yet such an excessive humility, as if he had known nothing, that they frequently resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation.