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... ancient and modern . It may , notwithstanding , be questioned whether , except his Bible , he ever read a book entirely through . Late in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 11.
... ancient and modern . It may , notwithstanding , be questioned whether , except his Bible , he ever read a book entirely through . Late in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 11.
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... late in life can witness that he retained that faculty in the greatest vigour . From the university Johnson returned to Lichfield . His father died soon after , De- cember , 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared ...
... late in life can witness that he retained that faculty in the greatest vigour . From the university Johnson returned to Lichfield . His father died soon after , De- cember , 1731 ; and the whole receipt out of his effects , as appeared ...
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... late traveller , avers to be a down- right falsehood . He says , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a seat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is ...
... late traveller , avers to be a down- right falsehood . He says , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a seat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is ...
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... late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable addition to the history of letters ; but his project failed . His next expedient was to offer ...
... late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable addition to the history of letters ; but his project failed . His next expedient was to offer ...
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... late hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . How- ever that may be , their connexion was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress ...
... late hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . How- ever that may be , their connexion was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress ...
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Page 27 - 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; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Page 76 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Page 21 - 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 74 - 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 - ... 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 122 - 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...
Page 45 - To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer : 'Then, Sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing.' 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...
Page 75 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
Page 4 - There none are swept by sudden fate away, But all whom hunger spares with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, 15 And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Page 21 - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gained', he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.