The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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... opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that refpect others , I have oftener spoke of myself , and in my own perfon , than the practice of fome writers will war ...
... opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that refpect others , I have oftener spoke of myself , and in my own perfon , than the practice of fome writers will war ...
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... opinion , that poverty was difgraceful ; and was very fevere in his cenfures of that œconomy in both our univerfities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor scholars , under the feveral denomi- nations of fervitors in the one ...
... opinion , that poverty was difgraceful ; and was very fevere in his cenfures of that œconomy in both our univerfities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor scholars , under the feveral denomi- nations of fervitors in the one ...
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... opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , befide the current wit of the ⚫ month , which a critical examination would generally < reduce to a narrow compafs , you admitted , not only poems , infcriptions ...
... opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , befide the current wit of the ⚫ month , which a critical examination would generally < reduce to a narrow compafs , you admitted , not only poems , infcriptions ...
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... opinion did not keep us apart : I honoured him , and he en- • dured me . < < ' He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies , but had ne- ver neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of ...
... opinion did not keep us apart : I honoured him , and he en- • dured me . < < ' He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies , but had ne- ver neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of ...
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... opinion , he would convince them that his actions were in his own power , and that he was yet mafter of himself . And having fo faid , ' fays my author , presently with one of his hands catching the fair Greek by the hair of the head ...
... opinion , he would convince them that his actions were in his own power , and that he was yet mafter of himself . And having fo faid , ' fays my author , presently with one of his hands catching the fair Greek by the hair of the head ...
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Page 550 - 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.
Page 484 - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
Page 198 - For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
Page 289 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Page 360 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Page 342 - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
Page 62 - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
Page 126 - Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the purpose for which some gentlemen appear to speak, (that of depreciating the conduct of the...
Page 347 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 492 - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.