Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, Volume 1W. Suttaby, 1809 - Adventurer |
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... too , which has been chosen for the narrative , has not , I have reason to think , been anticipated , and removes the monotony resulting from a close adherence to chronological order . The capital work , for ii PREFACE .
... too , which has been chosen for the narrative , has not , I have reason to think , been anticipated , and removes the monotony resulting from a close adherence to chronological order . The capital work , for ii PREFACE .
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... The ex- pences of printing , indeed , were defrayed by sub- scription ; but the subscribers had reason to complain that it was little more than a re - pub- lication of our author's former periodical papers . In N PERIODICAL PAPERS . 69.
... The ex- pences of printing , indeed , were defrayed by sub- scription ; but the subscribers had reason to complain that it was little more than a re - pub- lication of our author's former periodical papers . In N PERIODICAL PAPERS . 69.
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... reason . Time , however , as in most human calamities , mitigated the severity of his sorrow , and he was roused to further exertion by the critical situa- tion of the empire , when , in the year 1745 , it was shaken by the terrors of ...
... reason . Time , however , as in most human calamities , mitigated the severity of his sorrow , and he was roused to further exertion by the critical situa- tion of the empire , when , in the year 1745 , it was shaken by the terrors of ...
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... reason , some with the charms of eloquence and persua- sion , and all with the strictest regard to polite- ness , good sense , and virtue . There are in par- ticular certain papers on government , laws , re- ligion , enthusiasm , and ...
... reason , some with the charms of eloquence and persua- sion , and all with the strictest regard to polite- ness , good sense , and virtue . There are in par- ticular certain papers on government , laws , re- ligion , enthusiasm , and ...
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... reason to lament ; a history of Latin poetry from the age of Petrarch to the time of Politian , would , from the pen of Johnson , have been a most valuable accession to our stock of literary information ; nor would the life of Politian ...
... reason to lament ; a history of Latin poetry from the age of Petrarch to the time of Politian , would , from the pen of Johnson , have been a most valuable accession to our stock of literary information ; nor would the life of Politian ...
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Page 337 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord, your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM JOHNSON.
Page 337 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 307 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 336 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 404 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
Page 336 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 464 - I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Page 254 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Page 307 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 338 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.