The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen9Nichols, 1816 |
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... told by Barnes * , who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of cha- racters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had ...
... told by Barnes * , who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of cha- racters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had ...
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... told the same " thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged ...
... told the same " thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged ...
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... told them any secrets , or assisted them by intel- ligence or any other act . If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose ...
... told them any secrets , or assisted them by intel- ligence or any other act . If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose ...
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... told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill success , not " with so much firmness as might have been ex- " pected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley ...
... told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill success , not " with so much firmness as might have been ex- " pected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley ...
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... told Mr. Bois that you would . This " is what they call Monstri simile . I do hope to re- " cover my late hurt so farre within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever 66 66 VOL . IX . C " recover it ) as to ...
... told Mr. Bois that you would . This " is what they call Monstri simile . I do hope to re- " cover my late hurt so farre within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever 66 66 VOL . IX . C " recover it ) as to ...
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Página 91 - ... 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 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 382 - DEYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greatest dramatist wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them.
Página 413 - 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 150 - 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 257 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz.
Página 169 - The want* of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert / our master, and seek for companions.
Página 433 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 150 - Among the flocks and copses and flowers appear the heathen deities, Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and jEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can. tell. He who thus grieves will excite...
Página 75 - But whither am I stray'd ? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise : Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built, Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.