The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 - English literature |
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... Irene Prologue to the Masque of Comus Prologue to the Comedy of the Good - natured Man 156 - 167 - 169 251 252 Prologue to the Comedy of a Word to the Wise 254 Spring Midsummer Autumn Winter 255 256 257 259 260 The Winter's Walk To Miss ...
... Irene Prologue to the Masque of Comus Prologue to the Comedy of the Good - natured Man 156 - 167 - 169 251 252 Prologue to the Comedy of a Word to the Wise 254 Spring Midsummer Autumn Winter 255 256 257 259 260 The Winter's Walk To Miss ...
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... IRENE ; but , if then finished , it was doomed to wait for a more happy period . It was offer- ed to Fleetwood , and rejected . Johnson looked round him for employment . Having , while he remained in the country , corresponded with Cave ...
... IRENE ; but , if then finished , it was doomed to wait for a more happy period . It was offer- ed to Fleetwood , and rejected . Johnson looked round him for employment . Having , while he remained in the country , corresponded with Cave ...
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... Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put ... Irene was acted at Drury - lane , on Monday , February the 6th , and from that time , without interruption , to Monday ...
... Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put ... Irene was acted at Drury - lane , on Monday , February the 6th , and from that time , without interruption , to Monday ...
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... Irene , it is to be feared , was not very considerable , as the profit , that stimulat- ing motive , never invited the author to another dramatic attempt . Some years afterwards , when the present writer was intimate with Gar- rick ...
... Irene , it is to be feared , was not very considerable , as the profit , that stimulat- ing motive , never invited the author to another dramatic attempt . Some years afterwards , when the present writer was intimate with Gar- rick ...
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... Irene , and spoken " by Mr. Garrick . " The man who had thus exerted himself to serve the grand - daughter , cannot be supposed to have entertained personal malice to the grand - father . It is true , that the malevolence of Lauder , as ...
... Irene , and spoken " by Mr. Garrick . " The man who had thus exerted himself to serve the grand - daughter , cannot be supposed to have entertained personal malice to the grand - father . It is true , that the malevolence of Lauder , as ...
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Page 166 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 167 - When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare 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.
Page 43 - ... 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 156 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 282 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five : For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely...
Page 34 - 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 56 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Page 57 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 162 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Page 157 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.