The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, &c. and notes by various hands, Band 81835 |
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... allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poet ( 2 ) , that " amendments are seldom ( 1 ) ...
... allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poet ( 2 ) , that " amendments are seldom ( 1 ) ...
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... allows , that " Johnson has spoken in the highest terms of the abilities of that great poet , and has bestowed on his principal poetical compo- sitions the most honourable encomiums . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) See " An Essay on the Life , Character ...
... allows , that " Johnson has spoken in the highest terms of the abilities of that great poet , and has bestowed on his principal poetical compo- sitions the most honourable encomiums . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) See " An Essay on the Life , Character ...
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... allow , that he never spared any as- perity of reproach , or brutality of insolence . " I have , indeed , often wondered how Milton , “ an and his judgment keen and penetrating . He had a strong sense of the im- portance of religion ...
... allow , that he never spared any as- perity of reproach , or brutality of insolence . " I have , indeed , often wondered how Milton , “ an and his judgment keen and penetrating . He had a strong sense of the im- portance of religion ...
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... allowed its due share in enhancing the value of his captivating composition . Johnson , who had done liberal justice to War- burton in his edition of Shakspeare , which was pub- lished during the life of that powerful writer , with ...
... allowed its due share in enhancing the value of his captivating composition . Johnson , who had done liberal justice to War- burton in his edition of Shakspeare , which was pub- lished during the life of that powerful writer , with ...
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... fair to understand him as superciliously persevering ? When he allows the shafts to re- main in the wounds , and will not stretch forth a lenient hand , country , should not only not have been in any 16 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... fair to understand him as superciliously persevering ? When he allows the shafts to re- main in the wounds , and will not stretch forth a lenient hand , country , should not only not have been in any 16 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance admirable afterwards answered antè appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney called character church club consider conversation curious DEAR SIR death desire died dined dropsy eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy Hebrides honour Hoole hope JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Thurlow lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad Madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion perhaps person physicians pleased pleasure poet pounds praise prayers pretty woman published recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Whig Wilkes William wish wonder write written wrote young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 394 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Seite 81 - ... retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Seite 120 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine. As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Seite 44 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command ; A station like the herald Mercury New- lighted on a heaven-kissing hill...
Seite 270 - Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies : ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it...
Seite 67 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Seite 383 - Chambers, or of myself, gave the account which I now transmit to you in his own hand ; being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of this account may never be doubted. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM : JOHNSON.
Seite 84 - I am sure (said she) they have affected me" — " Why (said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness ; " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Seite 279 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Seite 72 - ... and myself. We found ourselves very elegantly entertained at her house in the Adelphi, where I have passed many a pleasing hour with him