The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - English literature |
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... hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to pro- cure him English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he desired him to resign ...
... hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to pro- cure him English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he desired him to resign ...
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... hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion , they would have immediately sunk into silence and oblivion . " The reasonableness of a test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper ...
... hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion , they would have immediately sunk into silence and oblivion . " The reasonableness of a test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper ...
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... hundred , and met to animate the zeal , and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the minis- • ́Mr . Sheridan however says , that Addison's last Whig Examiner was pub- lished Oct. 12 , 1711 ; and ...
... hundred , and met to animate the zeal , and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the minis- • ́Mr . Sheridan however says , that Addison's last Whig Examiner was pub- lished Oct. 12 , 1711 ; and ...
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... hundred discontented , and one ungrateful . " Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his conversation with the ministers , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the familiarity of his friend ...
... hundred discontented , and one ungrateful . " Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his conversation with the ministers , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the familiarity of his friend ...
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... hundred pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , " secured by a sleight : " of what kind , or by whose pru- dence , is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputa- tion ...
... hundred pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , " secured by a sleight : " of what kind , or by whose pru- dence , is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputa- tion ...
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Page 80 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 127 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted...
Page 123 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 117 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Page 160 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Page 165 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Page 50 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Page 226 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Page 221 - ... men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Page 66 - This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now some opportunity of doing good, by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind; since, to invalidate this universal slander, it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it.