The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen10L. Hansard & sons, 1810 |
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... things one man of ́parts can say of another , " and which , however , com- prises great part of what can be known of Mr. Smith , it is better to transcribe at once than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little memorials as ac ...
... things one man of ́parts can say of another , " and which , however , com- prises great part of what can be known of Mr. Smith , it is better to transcribe at once than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little memorials as ac ...
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... thing of his person , which yet was so well turned , that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair - sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the name of ...
... thing of his person , which yet was so well turned , that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair - sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the name of ...
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... thing in them mean and trifling , that , like the junior compositions of Mr. Stepney , they may make grey authors blush . There are many of his first essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique , still handed about the ...
... thing in them mean and trifling , that , like the junior compositions of Mr. Stepney , they may make grey authors blush . There are many of his first essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique , still handed about the ...
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... thing but what was substantial and lasting . He considered the ancients and mo- derns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as Archi- tects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry ; according to which he judged , approved , and ...
... thing but what was substantial and lasting . He considered the ancients and mo- derns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as Archi- tects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry ; according to which he judged , approved , and ...
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... remember to have seen any thing like it in Dr. Bathurst * , who * Dr. Ralph Bathurst , whose Life and Literary Remains were published in 1761 by Mr. Thomas Warton . C. had had made some attempts this way with applause . He 8 SMIT H.
... remember to have seen any thing like it in Dr. Bathurst * , who * Dr. Ralph Bathurst , whose Life and Literary Remains were published in 1761 by Mr. Thomas Warton . C. had had made some attempts this way with applause . He 8 SMIT H.
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Página 279 - ... distress of circumstances: the last of these considerations wrings my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind is a misery.
Página 197 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness 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 26 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was unshaken ; his learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular, and then...
Página 26 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
Página 179 - He had infused into it much knowledge, and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance, often dignified it with splendour, and sometimes heightened it to sublimity ; he perceived in it many excellences, and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of small avail, the power of engaging attention and alluring curiosity.
Página 402 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Página 106 - He taught us how to live; and, oh! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die — 1672-1719 DEATH AND CHARACTER 347 in which he alludes, as he told Dr.
Página 197 - He has in these little pieces neither elevation of fancy, selection of language, nor skill in versification : yet, if I were required to select from the whole mass of English poetry the most poetical paragraph, I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in The Mourning Bride : ALMERIA.
Página 363 - On a bulk, in a cellar, or in a glass-house, among thieves and beggars, was to be found the author of The Wanderer, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.
Página 110 - Button had been a servant in the Countess of Warwick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russell Street, about two doors from Covent Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble.