The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen6G. Offor, 1818 |
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... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoe- ver he was , he died before the birth of his son , and con ...
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoe- ver he was , he died before the birth of his son , and con ...
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... probably would not have writ- ten it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The ...
... probably would not have writ- ten it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The ...
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... probably conclu- ded , because this truncation is imitated by no subse- quent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that ...
... probably conclu- ded , because this truncation is imitated by no subse- quent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that ...
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... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribution * of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribution * of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
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... probably more than com- mon literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewo- man of the name of Caston , a Welch family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher ...
... probably more than com- mon literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewo- man of the name of Caston , a Welch family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher ...
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Página 312 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 51 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página 60 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 305 - And now approach'd their fleet from India, fraught With all the riches of the rising sun ; And precious sand from southern climates brought, The fatal regions where the war begun.
Página 117 - We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Página 31 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet when the .other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run: Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.
Página 23 - On a round ball A workeman that hath copies by, can lay An Europe, Afrique, and an Asia, And quickly make that, which was nothing, All...
Página 172 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Página 117 - In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind.
Página 18 - What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ' their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.