The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... testimonium ( which merely states the fact of a degree having been taken ) , and therefore the account that they were omitted as a favour to Swift is incorrect . M. This practice Lord Orrery imputes to his innate love of 4 SWIFT .
... testimonium ( which merely states the fact of a degree having been taken ) , and therefore the account that they were omitted as a favour to Swift is incorrect . M. This practice Lord Orrery imputes to his innate love of 4 SWIFT .
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... favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , " found himself attacked , without any manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when ...
... favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , " found himself attacked , without any manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when ...
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... favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady de- termined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely ...
... favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady de- termined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely ...
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... favour of the publick extended , by soliciting a subscription to a version of the " Iliad , " with large notes . To print by subscription was , for some time , a practice peculiar to the English . The first consider- able work , for ...
... favour of the publick extended , by soliciting a subscription to a version of the " Iliad , " with large notes . To print by subscription was , for some time , a practice peculiar to the English . The first consider- able work , for ...
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... favoured . * Earlier than this , viz . in 1688 , Milton's " Paradise Lost " had been published with great success by subscription , in folio , under the patronage of Mr. ( afterwards Lord ) Somers . R. The greatness of the design , the ...
... favoured . * Earlier than this , viz . in 1688 , Milton's " Paradise Lost " had been published with great success by subscription , in folio , under the patronage of Mr. ( afterwards Lord ) Somers . R. The greatness of the design , the ...
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Page 171 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Page 208 - Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Page 194 - Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each other, all the qualities that constitute genius. He had Invention, by which new trains of events are formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in ' The Rape of the Lock;' and by which extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as in the
Page 376 - His supplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball, is useless and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than himself".
Page 286 - As — she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear : She will say 'twas a barbarous deed.
Page 238 - The great defect of the Seasons is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation. His diction is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, such as may be said to be to his images and thoughts both their lustre and their shade; such as invests them with splendour, through...
Page 169 - In acquired knowledge, the superiority must be allowed to Dryden, whose education was more scholastick, and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Page 205 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most lov'd, the son most dear : Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he dy'd.
Page 85 - Achilles strove ; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Declare, O Muse, in what ill-fated hour Sprung the...
Page 88 - But Pallas now Tydides' soul inspires, Fills with her force, and warms with all her fires ; Above the Greeks his deathless fame to raise, And crown her hero with distinguish'd praise. High on his helm celestial lightnings play, His beamy shield emits a living ray ; Th' unwearied blaze incessant streams supplies, Like the red star that fires th' autumnal skies. But Pallas now Tydides...