The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen9T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson , freemen of their company ...
... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson , freemen of their company ...
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... wrote a song of triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both * By May's Poem we are to ...
... wrote a song of triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both * By May's Poem we are to ...
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... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism had ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism had ...
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... uni- formity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds they never inquired what , on any occasion , : they should have said or done ; but wrote rather 20 COWLEY .
... uni- formity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds they never inquired what , on any occasion , : they should have said or done ; but wrote rather 20 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
Samuel Johnson. they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
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Página 418 - 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 153 - 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 438 - 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 374 - There are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation; whom merriment confuses, and objection disconcerts: whose bashfulness restrains their exertion, and suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past; or whose attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled.
Página 420 - She gave but glimpses of her glorious mind: And multitudes of virtues pass'd along ; Each pressing foremost in the mighty throng, Ambitious to be seen, and then make room For greater multitudes that were to come. Yet unemploy'd no minute slipp'd away; Moments were precious in so short a stay.
Página 103 - It were injurious to omit, that Milton afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house, when they were distressed, with other Royalists. 58 He published about the same time his Areopagitica, a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed Printing.
Página 396 - The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but, while he forces himself upon our esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own.
Página 76 - 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 410 - Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew, And doubtful moonlight did our rage deceive. In th' English fleet each ship resounds with joy, And loud applause of their great leader's fame ; In fiery dreams the Dutch they still destroy, And, slumbering, smile at the imagin'd flame.
Página 115 - To compile a history from various authors, when they can only be consulted by other eyes, is not easy, nor possible, but with more skilful and attentive help than can be commonly obtained...