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Page 114
... charm that cap . tivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems , to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to him- self adequate to his conception . He moves in state , and his ...
... charm that cap . tivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems , to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to him- self adequate to his conception . He moves in state , and his ...
Page 115
... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic style , he may be pronounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Adven- turer may be called a ...
... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an elegant , and idiomatic style , he may be pronounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Adven- turer may be called a ...
Page 126
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike : Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike : Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
Page 156
... charm . Yet reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
... charm . Yet reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
Page 158
... charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's rousing blaze Spreads wide the hope of plunder and of praise ; The fierce Croatian , and the wild Hussar , With all the sons of ravage crowd the ...
... charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's rousing blaze Spreads wide the hope of plunder and of praise ; The fierce Croatian , and the wild Hussar , With all the sons of ravage crowd the ...
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Page 152 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 153 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Page 115 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Page 157 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Page 150 - The liv'r.it£i army, and the menial lord. With age, with cares, with maladies, oppress'd, He seeks the refuge of monastic rest. Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.
Page 28 - The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Page 151 - Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter...
Page 156 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and...
Page 36 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 158 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.